Yilin Wang , Ruonan Zhang , Wen Li , Peiyan Huang , Hangyue Cui , Pengyu Wei , Roman Wan-Wendner , Xinyan Guo
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Abstract
This study explores the fatigue behavior of prestressed CFRP-reinforced concrete (RC) beams in subtropical environments, addressing the gap in understanding their long-term performance under natural exposure. Five specimens were subjected to one year of natural exposure under sustained load conditions before fatigue testing. During the exposure period, the strain on the CFRP laminate was monitored, and a decrease of 5.37% in prestress loss after exposing 300 days was observed. The digital image correlation (DIC) method was employed to capture the crack initiation and growth during the fatigue tests, with detailed analyses of crack growth rates, deflection evolution, and failure modes. Experimental results indicated that natural exposure accelerates fatigue crack growth compared to the results of the unexposed RC beams tested by this group. Moreover, the finite element model (FEM) was developed to account for CFRP-concrete interface degradation due to natural exposure and material nonlinearities, allowing for the determination of the J-integral of the main crack. Fatigue life prediction models, based on experimentally obtained crack growth rates and stress intensity factors (SIF) calculated using the J-integral, were derived. The predicted fatigue lives were within a 20% error margin of the experimental results, demonstrating the reliability of the proposed models.
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Typical subjects discussed in International Journal of Fatigue address:
Novel fatigue testing and characterization methods (new kinds of fatigue tests, critical evaluation of existing methods, in situ measurement of fatigue degradation, non-contact field measurements)
Multiaxial fatigue and complex loading effects of materials and structures, exploring state-of-the-art concepts in degradation under cyclic loading
Fatigue in the very high cycle regime, including failure mode transitions from surface to subsurface, effects of surface treatment, processing, and loading conditions
Modeling (including degradation processes and related driving forces, multiscale/multi-resolution methods, computational hierarchical and concurrent methods for coupled component and material responses, novel methods for notch root analysis, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, crack growth kinetics, life prediction and durability, and prediction of stochastic fatigue behavior reflecting microstructure and service conditions)
Models for early stages of fatigue crack formation and growth that explicitly consider microstructure and relevant materials science aspects
Understanding the influence or manufacturing and processing route on fatigue degradation, and embedding this understanding in more predictive schemes for mitigation and design against fatigue
Prognosis and damage state awareness (including sensors, monitoring, methodology, interactive control, accelerated methods, data interpretation)
Applications of technologies associated with fatigue and their implications for structural integrity and reliability. This includes issues related to design, operation and maintenance, i.e., life cycle engineering
Smart materials and structures that can sense and mitigate fatigue degradation
Fatigue of devices and structures at small scales, including effects of process route and surfaces/interfaces.
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