FRP composite materials strengthening of flat steel elements

Marek Łagoda


Road and Bridge Research Institute (Poland)

Maciej Kowal


Department of Roads and Bridges; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3849-5323

Abstract

The article describes the study on the impact of FRP composite materials strengthening of flat steel slab. The influence of changing of bond end geometry on three point bending behavior of flat steel elements reinforced by CFRP patch has been investigated. A bond failure at steel-adhesive interface was a dominant failure mode. The test results showed clearly that geometry change of the bond end of strengthening CFRP plate and adhesive can significantly increase bond capacity. The use of reverse taper of CFRP patch with adhesive fillet tapes can improve the load capacity of the adhesive joint on the bending of the flat steel element reinforced by FRP patch. Conclusions and plan of further works on steel elements CFRP strengthening were described.


Keywords:

metallic structures, strengthening, steel, FRP composites, bond end shaping, joint capacity, deflection

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Published
2014-06-11

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Łagoda, M. and Kowal, M. (2014) “FRP composite materials strengthening of flat steel elements”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 13(2), pp. 257–264. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.1903.

Authors

Marek Łagoda 

Road and Bridge Research Institute Poland

Authors

Maciej Kowal 

Department of Roads and Bridges; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3849-5323

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