Title:
Deformation Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) Flexural Members under Reversed Cyclic
Loading Conditions
Author(s):
Gregor Fischer and Victor C. Li
Publication:
Structural Journal
Volume:
100
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
25-35
Keywords:
bond; composite; deformation; reinforcement; tolerance.
DOI:
10.14359/12436
Date:
1/1/2003
Abstract:
This study investigates the response of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced engineered cementitious composite (ECC) members with a focus on their flexural load-deformation behavior, residual deflection, damage evolution, and failure mode. Critical aspects of conventional FRP-reinforced concrete members—such as interfacial bond strength, flexural crack formation, composite deformation behavior, and brittle failure mode—are briefly reviewed and compared to FRP reinforced ECC. The interaction of linear elastic FRP reinforcement and ECC matrix with ductile stress-strain behavior in tension results in nonlinear elastic flexural response characteristics with stable hysteretic behavior, small residual deflection, and ultimately gradual compression failure. Compatible deformations of reinforcement and matrix lead to low interfacial bond stress and prevent composite disintegration by bond splitting and cover spalling. Furthermore, flexural stiffness and strength as well as crack formation and widths in FRP-reinforced ECC members are found effectively independent of interfacial bond properties due to the tensile deformation characteristics of the cementitious matrix. A model for the load-deflection envelope based on a nonlinear moment-curvature relationship is suggested.