Strengthening of slender webs of steel plate girders using FRP composites

Author:

Bhutto Muhammad Aslam1,Rafi Muhammad Masood2

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (TIEST), NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Professor, Department of Earthquake Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan (corresponding author: )

Abstract

Web buckling of steel plate girders creates an undesirable failure mode as it can limit the ultimate load capacity of plate girders. This paper presents details of an experimental investigation aimed at strengthening slender end panels of steel plate girders using three different types of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials (glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultruded section stiffeners and woven carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and GFRP fabrics). The plate girders were fabricated using non-rigid end posts and were tested in three-point bending. The test results showed an increase of up to 54% in the ultimate strength of the FRP-strengthened end panels compared with the non-strengthened control panel, which was the result of increased out-of-plane stiffness of the web. A breakdown of the bond between the steel and the FRP fabric occurred in the end panels strengthened with CFRP and GFRP fabrics, while no bond breakdown of the pultruded sections was observed at the ultimate load. Analytical methods proposed by some of the design codes underestimated the critical buckling load and overestimated the ultimate load of the non-strengthened end panel.

Publisher

Emerald

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