Title:
Flexural and Durability Performance of Seawater-Mixed Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Reinforced Concrete Slabs
Author(s):
Carlos N. Morales, Guillermo Claure, and Antonio Nanni
Publication:
Structural Journal
Volume:
119
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
105-118
Keywords:
cracking load; deflection; durability; fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP); flexural capacity; reinforced concrete
DOI:
10.14359/51733006
Date:
1/1/2022
Abstract:
Forty-eight simply supported glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforced concrete (RC) slabs made with seawater-mixed concrete were tested to study potential performance degradation over different environmental conditions for 1, 6, 12, and 24 months. The environments consisted of typical field conditions of a subtropical region and immersion in seawater at 60°C (140°F) as an accelerated aging regimen. The GFRP-RC slab strips were 1828 mm (72 in.) long, 304 mm (12 in.) wide, and 152 mm (6 in.) deep and were reinforced with a 9.5 mm (0.375 in.) diameter GFRP bar. All the slabs were tested under three-point flexural loading and all exhibited bar rupture as the failure mode. The test results are reported in terms of the cracking load, ultimate moment capacity, and service-load deflections. Experimental results were compared to the analytical and ACI 440.1R-15 expected values. The type of concrete mixture design as well as the accelerated aging exposure seems to affect the ultimate capacity of GFRP-RC slabs. Analytical and ACI approaches reasonably predicted the experimental failure-moment capacity of most of the seawater-mixed GFRP-RC slabs, specifically for those exposed to field conditioning. The ACI 440.1R-15 equations were in good agreement with the experimentally measured deflections, where the largest deviations were observed for accelerated-aged specimens.
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