Open AccessMechanical Behaviour of Adhesive Joint under Tensile and Shear Loading
Author(s) -
Xu Jiang,
M.H. Kolstein,
Frans Bijlaard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2221-3783
DOI - 10.2749/222137813806501416
Subject(s) - fibre reinforced plastic , adhesive , materials science , composite material , girder , structural engineering , joint (building) , shear (geology) , composite number , ultimate tensile strength , bridge (graph theory) , failure mode and effects analysis , layer (electronics) , engineering , medicine
Due to various advantages of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) decks, the FRP to steel composite bridge system is being increasingly used in new bridge structures as well as rehabilitation projects for old bridges. This paper focuses on the mechanical behaviours and failure modes of the adhesively-bonded joins between FRP sandwich decks and steel girders. The adhesively-bonded joints were experimentally investigated under tensile and shear loading. 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 load-carrying capacity of adhesive joints.
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