Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 56, Number 2, 2025, pages 131-146

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2025.56.2.131

Time-dependent behaviors of CFRP cable-UHPC interface under elevated temperature

Zhengwen Jiang , Jiayang Zou , Zhi Fang , Yawei Fang , Quanhao Li , Zhiwei Wang

Abstract

To investigate time-dependent behaviors of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)-filled anchorage system for Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) cable under elevated temperature, high-temperature creep and relaxation tests were conducted on CFRP cable-UHPC interface. The variation laws of creep slippage at loading end and relaxation stress of CFRP cable-UHPC interface with different initial pullout load and effective bond length under different target temperature were identified. High-temperature pullout tests were conducted on specimens after high-temperature creep or relaxation stage, for obtaining its residual mechanical performance. The influence of thermos-mechanical coupling effect on bearing capacity for CFRP cable-UHPC interface was quantified. Finally, practical models for determining high-temperature creep and relaxation laws of CFRP cable-UHPC interface and calibrating relationship between creep and relaxation behaviors under high temperature at steady stage for CFRP cable-UHPC interface were developed. The obtained results demonstrated that both creep slippage time and stress loss-time curves of CFRP cable-UHPC interface under target temperature from 100 to 210°C display deformation characteristics of two-stage including transient and steady stages. The growth rate of the creep slippage of CFRP cable-UHPC interface increased with treatment temperature or initial pullout load, while the slippage growth rate of CFRP cable-UHPC interface at transient creep stage increased with the decreasing bond length. The changing rule of relaxation stress of CFRP cable-UHPC interface is similar with that of creep slippage. Slip failure is the dominant failure mode of CFRP cable UHPC interface after experience of high-temperature creep or relaxation stage. Due to the thermo-mechanical coupling effects in high-temperature creep and relaxation tests, the Bearing capacities for CFRP cable-UHPC interface decreased 0.21~12.37% and 0.83~10.65%, respectively.

Key Words

bond-type anchorage; CFRP cable-UHPC interface; high-temperature creep and relaxation behaviors; residual mechanical performance

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