Experience Review Professional Engineers Ontario

Prepared by: Carlos A. Cruz-Noguez, EIT

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!ridge Overview and Design details
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LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION

TRANSVERSE DIRECTION

*oronto, Ontario + Exprience Review + ,an)ary &-, &-./

Experi'ental Res)lts $Da'age at Plastic 0inges after #axi')' redi1le Earth2)ake( IS O COLUMN PT COLUMN S MA COLUMN RC - top RC - top RC - top R pt re Co#crete o! "oops spalli#$
R pt re o! rebars RC - bottom

Elastomeric pads -bottom

SMA/ ECC bottom

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No Dama$e Co#crete spalli#$

"nalytical Res)lts $Open3ees #odel 4 3i')lation of !ent Displace'ents(

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DIS(LACEMENT )i#*

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*oronto, Ontario + Exprience Review + ,an)ary &-, &-./

arleton University,Postdoctoral 5ellow: R 3hear 6all 3tr)ct)res with 5RP co'posites $%/ 'onths(
3hear 6all Design and Experi'ental 3t)dy
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3a'ple hysteretic force7displace'ent relationships $/ speci'ens(

Plain RC wall

Repaired wall

Strengthened wall

8nter'ediate rack $8 ( De1onding

Crack pattern in beam Beam reinforced with FRP in flexure

Fibre orientation

tensile stresses released by the crack are transferred to the steel rebars and FRP material

#f the crack width increases

Stresses at interface > bond strength

Stresses at the FRP-concrete *oronto, Ontario + interface increase

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ebonding occurs ! "uick propagation

 #eso7scale finite7ele'ent 'odeling: 5RP7concrete interaction 'ax 'ax

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ss3i')lation of De1onding Progression and 5orce7Displace'ent response

/ Black dots indicate points where FRP has separated from concrete

uncracked elements

Debonding does not indicate anchor failure

3 2 1

'lements with crack widths 4 /S5

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*oronto, Ontario + Exprience Review + ,an)ary &-, &-./

*oronto, Ontario + Exprience Review + ,an)ary &-, &-./