Effect of Initial Crack-depth Ratio on Dynamic Fracture Properties of
FRP Strengthened Concrete
Abstract
Abstract: In order to study the dynamic fracture properties of FRP
strengthened concrete, the three-point bending experiment of FRP
strengthened concrete beams with five different initial crack-depth
ratios was carried out by using MTS-810 hydraulic servo experiment
machine. The initial crack-depth ratios are 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6
respectively. The effects of different initial crack-depth ratios on the
load-crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) curves, failure process,
increment of critical crack-depth ratio and flexibility coefficient of
FRP strengthened concrete beams were analyzed through displacement
controlled monotonic loading method. Combined with Pearson correlation
experiment formula, the correlation between initial crack-depth ratios
and different fracture parameters was quantitatively analyzed. The
conclusions could be drawn that, there are three obvious critical points
in the fracture damage process of FRP strengthened concrete beams: the
starting point of concrete crack, the first peak point and the ultimate
bearing capacity point. As the increase of initial crack-depth ratios,
the crack initiation load decreases, but the first peak load and
ultimate load increase first and then decrease. It is found that the
stress intensity factors (SIFs) of the three critical points increase
first and then decrease with the increase of the initial crack-depth
ratio, and when initial crack-depth ratio of concrete beams is 0.4,
three kinds of SIF all reach the maximum value. The increment of
critical crack-depth ratio and flexibility coefficient of FRP
strengthened concrete beams are related to initial crack-depth ratio,
which could be used to reflect the effect of initial crack-depth ratio
on the deformation capacity of concrete specimens. Keywords: FRP
strengthened concrete; dynamic fracture; initial crack-depth ratios;
stress intensity factors; increment of critical crack-depth ratio;
flexibility coefficient