Self-monitoring fiber reinforced polymer strengthening system for civil engineering infrastructures

Guoliang Jiang; Mina Dawood; Kara Peters; Sami Rizkalla

doi:10.1117/12.776568

28 April 2008 Self-monitoring fiber reinforced polymer strengthening system for civil engineering infrastructures

Guoliang Jiang, Mina Dawood, Kara Peters, Sami Rizkalla

Proceedings Volume 6934, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2008; 693406 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776568
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials are currently used for strengthening civil engineering infrastructures. The strengthening system is dependant on the bond characteristics of the FRP to the external surface of the structure to be effective in resisting the applied loads. This paper presents an innovative self-monitoring FRP strengthening system. The system consists of two components which can be embedded in FRP materials to monitor the global and local behavior of the strengthened structure respectively. The first component of the system is designed to evaluate the applied load acting on a structure based on elongation of the FRP layer along the entire span of the structure. Success of the global system has been demonstrated using a full-scale prestressed concrete bridge girder which was loaded up to failure. The test results indicate that this type of sensor can be used to accurately determine the load prior to failure within 15 percent of the measured value. The second sensor component consists of fiber Bragg grating sensors. The sensors were used to monitor the behavior of steel double-lap shear splices tested under tensile loading up to failure. The measurements were used to identify abnormal structural behavior such as epoxy cracking and FRP debonding. Test results were also compared to numerical values obtained from a three dimensional shear-lag model which was developed to predict the sensor response.

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Guoliang Jiang, Mina Dawood, Kara Peters, and Sami Rizkalla "Self-monitoring fiber reinforced polymer strengthening system for civil engineering infrastructures", Proc. SPIE 6934, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2008, 693406 (28 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776568

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