Study on the stiffness degradation in concrete continuous beam with externally prestressed CFRP tendons under fatigue loading
- 11 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Advances in Structural Engineering
- Vol. 24 (10), 2119-2130
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1369433221992492
Abstract
This paper presents fatigue behaviors and the stiffness degradation law of concrete continuous beams with external prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) tendons. Three specimens were tested under fatigue loading, and the influence of different load levels on the stiffness degradation and fatigue life were studied, and it was found that the stiffness degradation of three test specimens exhibited a three-stage change rule, namely rapid decrease, stable degradation, and sharp decline, but there are obvious differences in the rate and amplitude of stiffness degradation. The load level has a significant influence on the fatigue life of the test specimens. An analytical model with load level considered was proposed to calculate the residual stiffness and predict the stiffness degradation, which is in good agreement with the test results. The model of stiffness degradation presents a possible solution for practical engineering applications of concrete continuous beams with externally prestressed CFRP tendons subjected to different fatigue loadings.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFC0703000)
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