Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 58, Number 3, 2026, pages 301-321

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2026.58.3.301

Residual bonding properties of CFRP cable-UHPC interface after thermo-mechanical coupling

Zhengwen Jiang , Xilong Zhao , Hao Chen , Zhi Fang , Quanhao Li , Zhiwei Wang

Abstract

To further investigate mechanical properties of the UHPC-filled anchorage system for CFRP cables after fire, pullout tests were conducted on the CFRP cable-UHPC interface after cooling from elevated temperature exposure, considering initial pullout load ratio R. Effects of treatment temperature Tt, R and effective bond length Le on the residual bond-slip behavior of bonding interface after thermo-mechanical coupling were identified. The recovery laws of residual bonding properties of the bonding interface after thermo-mechanical coupling were also quantified. Finally, practical formulas were proposed to determine the residual average bond strength τu-A and recovery proportions of τu-A and the effective shear stiffness KA for the bonding interface after thermo-mechanical coupling. Results demonstrated that slip failure was the primary failure mode at bonding interfaces in all pullout specimens after thermo-mechanical coupling. τu-A and KA decreased by 31.95~32.57% and 21.68~28.78% as Tt increased from 25°C (ambient temperature) to 210°C (the glass transition temperature of resin matrix), respectively. Compared with specimens without initial pullout load after cooling from elevated temperature exposure, those with R ranging from 0.2 to 0.6 and Le of (5~15)d after exposure to 100°C showed further reductions of 4.35~15.43% in τu-A and 9.78~31.13% in KA. The recovery proportions of τu-A and KA increased with increasing Tt in the range of 25~210°C, and decreased with R varying from 0 to 0.6. Practical formulas proposed in this study can predict τu-A and the recovery laws of bonding properties with good accuracy.

Key Words

CFRP cable-UHPC interface; pullout test after thermo-mechanical coupling; recovery law; residual bonding performance

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