Mechanical performance of a bond-type anchorage system for CFRP cable exposed to elevated temperature

Abstract

Both high-temperature pullout tests without and with pre-tension load were conducted on the bond-type anchorage system specimens with bonding medium of UHPC (Ultra-high Performance Concrete) for Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) cable in order to fully understand the bonding behavior of CFRP cable-UHPC interface under high temperature. The variation laws of ultimate pullout load, average bond strength of CFRP cable-UHPC interface and slippage corresponding to ultimate pullout load were uncovered in two types of high-temperature pullout tests. Then, the bond performances of CFRP cable-UHPC interface in high-temperature pullout tests with pre-tension load ratio from 0.2 to 0.6 and target temperature in the range of 100–210 ℃ were compared to these in high-temperature pullout tests without pre-tension load in order to identify the effect of temperature-load path. Finally, theoretical models for determining average bond strength of CFRP cable-UHPC interface and critical bond length of CFRP cable for the bond-type anchorage system under high temperature were developed by incorporating effects of high temperature and pre-tension load ratio. The obtained results demonstrate that the dominant failure mode of the bond-type anchorage system in high-temperature pullout tests is slip failure of CFRP cable-UHPC interface, and shear failure morphologies of embossed rid for CFRP tendon are closely correlated with target temperature. In high-temperature pullout tests without pre-tension load, the average bond strength of CFRP tendon-UHPC interface gradually decreased as the increasing target temperature, the corresponding attenuation ratios in temperature ranges of 25–300 ℃ and 300–400 ℃ are 84% and 47%, respectively. In high-temperature pullout tests with pre-tension load, the average bond strength of CFRP tendon-UHPC interface approximately linearly decreased as the increasing target temperature or pre-tension load ratio. The presence of pre-tension load results in acceleration of damage of CFRP cable-UHPC interface, and the damage degree is proportional to pre-tension load. The developed theoretical models of mechanical properties for the bond-type anchorage system exposed to high temperature can accurately predict average bond strength of CFRP cable-UHPC interface and critical bond length of CFRP cable.