Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2018, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 38-44.

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NUMERICAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF HYBRID FRP-STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

KONG Xiang-qing, YU Yang, GAO Hua-dong, LIU Hua-xin   

  1. Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China
  • Received:2017-06-09 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2018-01-20

Abstract: Recently, the reinforced concrete structure with a hybrid combination of FRP and steel bars has already become a hot topic of research in civil engineering community. In this paper, a 3D finite element model of the hybrid FRP/steel reinforced concrete beams was set up using the software ANSYS based on the test data. The whole bending process of the hybrid FRP/steel reinforced concrete beams was analyzed. Then the concept of a nominal reinforcement area of the hybrid FRP/steel reinforced concrete beams was proposed and used to set up a theoretical model combining with the technical code for infrastructure application of FRP composites. The load capacity and deflection of the hybrid FRP/steel reinforced concrete beams were estimated by using the theoretical model. The comparisons between numerical/analytical results and experimental date demonstrate the reliability of both the proposed FE model and the theoretical model.

Key words: FRP bars, hybrid reinforcement, concrete beam, flexural behavior, finite element analysis, theoretical analysis

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