Print Email Facebook Twitter Experimental investigation on FRP to steel adhesively-bonded joint under tensile loading Title Experimental investigation on FRP to steel adhesively-bonded joint under tensile loading Author Jiang, X. Kolstein, M.H. Bijlaard, F.S.K. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2012-11-14 Abstract Due to various advantages of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) decks, the FRP to steel composite girder system is being increasingly used in the construction of new bridges as well as the rehabilitation projects of old bridges. This paper focus on the mechanical behaviors and failure modes of the adhesively-bonded oins between FRP sandwich decks and steel girders. A tensile-shear loading device was designed and presented herein. The adhesively-bonded joints were experimentally investigated under tensile loading. The average ultimate failure load of surface pretreated specimens was 17.62kN, which was 9.83% higher than that of un-pretreated specimens. Further comparison on failure modes confirmed that the surface pretreatment can improve the bonding quality between FRP composites and adhesive layer, and correspondingly increase the strength of the whole adhesive joint under tensile loading. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c5f204a0-5b45-4c01-b71c-e8be99bc4c7b Publisher ACUN, Monash University ISBN 978-0-646-58589-5 Source ACUN-6: 6th International Composites Conference "Composite & Nanocomposites in Civil, Offshore and Mining Infrastructure", 14–16 November 2012, Melbourne, Australia Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 ACUN-6Jiang, X.Kolstein, M.H.Bijlaard, F.S.K. Files PDF 291030.pdf 11.51 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c5f204a0-5b45-4c01-b71c-e8be99bc4c7b/datastream/OBJ/view