Concentrated Axial Loading Test for Slender Square Hollow Section Retrofitted by Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sheets(CFRP Sheets)

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: This paper presents the experimental results of behacior of slender square hollow section columns strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) sheets subjected to concentrated axial loading. Three long specimens were fabricated and one stub column were fabricated. The main parameters were the number of CFRP layers. From the tests, it was observed that global buckling were occurred at the center of specimen for unretrofitting slender column. However, CFRP retrofitting could prevent the global buckling of slender column. Maximum increase of 22% was also achieved in axial-load capacity with three longitudinal layered CFRP applied on four sides of steel tubes.

Behaviors of Long Square Hollow Section Columns Retrofitted using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sheets(CFRP Sheets) Subjected to Concentrated Axial Loading

Park¹,

Choi²,

Yoo³

2013

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Experimental Study of Flexural Behavior of Steel Beam Strengthened with the Fiber Reinforced Polymer Plastic(FRP) Strips

Park¹

2014

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-This paper presents the experimental results of flexural behavior of steel beam strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer plastic (FRP) strips subjected to static bending loading. Four H beams were fabricated strengthened with aramid strips and carbon strips and one control specimen were also fabricated. Among them two specimens were strengthened with partial length. The H-beams had two types of failure mode, depending on the length of the FRP strips:(1) strip debonding in beams with partial length reinforcement and (2) strip rupture in beams with full length reinforcement. From the test, it was observed that maximum increase of 16% was also achieved in bending-load capacity.

Axial Loading Behaviors of Square Concrete-Filled Tubular Columns with Large Width-to-Thickness Ratio Retrofitted using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Sheets(CFRP Sheets)

Park¹,

Yoo²

2014

-This paper presents the experimental results of behavior of square CFT columns with large the width-ro thickness ratio strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) sheets subjected to concentrated axial loading. The main parameters were b/t ratio and the number of CFRP layers and 6 specimens were fabricated.. The values of b/t were ranged from 60 to 100. From the tests, Maximum increase of 16% was also achieved in axial-load capacity with three transverse layered CFRP applied on four sides of steel tubes. The load capacity decreased up to 41% comparing with nominal load capacity of unstrengthened CFT column. However, for CFRP strengthened CFT, the load capacity decreased up to 32%. Finally, from the load-strain relationships, the local buckling occurred before yield point of steel tubes. Also, from the load-strain relationships, it was observed that local buckling were delayed on CFT columns by CFRP sheets retrofitting.