Study on the bond properties between BFRP bars and hybrid fibers reinforced recycled concrete under freeze-thaw cycles

Abstract

To study the bond properties between basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) bars and hybrid fibers which were basalt fiber (BF) and polypropylene fiber (PF) reinforced recycled concrete under freeze-thaw cycles, conducting center pull-out tests to study the effects of three factors on the bond properties: the number of freeze-thaw cycles, the volume fractions of single fiber, and the volume fractions of hybrid fibers. Based on the data obtained from the test, establishing a four-stage bond-slip constitutive relationship model. The results showed that the failure modes were pull-out failure and splitting failure. The bond strength decreased when adding the single fiber, with a maximum reduction of 13.18%, but the peak slip increased, with a maximum increase of 69.92%. When the volume fraction of BF was 0.3%, it achieved the optimal effect. The bond strength and peak slip increased when adding hybrid fibers, with maximum increases of 13.47 and 130.08%, respectively. However, excessive fiber content will reduce the increase of bond strength. The bond strength between BFRP bars and hybrid fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (HFRAC) increased when the number of freeze-thaw cycles increased but decreased when the number of freeze-thaw cycles exceeded 50. The four-stage bond-slip constitutive relationship model fitted well with the bond-slip curves. Compared with other fiber-reinforced recycled concrete specimens, this model fitted better with the curves of HFRAC specimens after freeze-thaw cycles and had the best fitting effect for the internal crack slip stage of the curves.