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Durability of bond between EBR-CFRP laminate and concrete after four years of natural outdoor and accelerated ageing exposures
| Resumo: | Application of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in strengthening of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures has been widely accepted. However, the durability of adhesively bonded CFRP-concrete joint has not yet been fully investigated, which therefore paves the way to the topic addressed in this work: the durability of the joint in concrete elements strengthened with CFRP laminate using externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) technique. Concrete strengthened elements were kept in laboratory-controlled environments (approximately 20 ◦C/55 % RH, and water immersion at 20 ◦C), while others were kept outdoor to mainly promote natural ageing by carbonation, high temperatures, freeze-thaw attacks, and airborne chlorides. The results from durability tests after 4 years of exposure showed insignificant bond strength degradation but with a noticeable bond stiffness reduction, also, the stiffness degraded faster than the strength. Besides, environmental conversion factors of 0.75 and 0.95 were derived from a database of existing accelerated ageing test data and the natural ageing test data from the present work, respectively. |
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| Autores principais: | Dushimimana, Aloys |
| Outros Autores: | Sena-Cruz, José; Correia, Luís Luciano Gouveia; Pereira, João Miguel; Cabral-Fonseca, Susana; Cruz, Ricardo |
| Assunto: | Bond Concrete Epoxy adhesive CFRP Ageing Moisture Freeze-thaw Temperature Carbonation Airborne chlorides |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Application of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in strengthening of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures has been widely accepted. However, the durability of adhesively bonded CFRP-concrete joint has not yet been fully investigated, which therefore paves the way to the topic addressed in this work: the durability of the joint in concrete elements strengthened with CFRP laminate using externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) technique. Concrete strengthened elements were kept in laboratory-controlled environments (approximately 20 ◦C/55 % RH, and water immersion at 20 ◦C), while others were kept outdoor to mainly promote natural ageing by carbonation, high temperatures, freeze-thaw attacks, and airborne chlorides. The results from durability tests after 4 years of exposure showed insignificant bond strength degradation but with a noticeable bond stiffness reduction, also, the stiffness degraded faster than the strength. Besides, environmental conversion factors of 0.75 and 0.95 were derived from a database of existing accelerated ageing test data and the natural ageing test data from the present work, respectively. |
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