Abstract
Numerous experimental tests and analytical investigation were carried out on thermal effects on fiber reinforced polymer bars reinforced concrete structures. Nevertheless, the finite element modeling of thermal behavior of fiber reinforced polymer bars embedded in concrete was insufficiently analyzed, particularly, for asymmetric problems. This paper presents a nonlinear numerical study using ADINA finite element software to investigate the effect of the ratio of concrete cover thickness to fiber reinforced polymer bar diameter (c/d b ) on the distribution of transverse thermal stresses and deformations in fiber reinforced polymer bars and concrete cover for an asymmetric problem using prismatic concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced polymer bars submitted to high temperatures up to + 60℃. Also, to predict the thermal loads (ΔT cr ) that produce the first radial cracks within concrete and the thermal loads (ΔT sp ) which cause the splitting failure of the concrete cover as a function of the ratio of concrete cover thickness to fiber reinforced polymer bar diameter for an asymmetric problem. Nonlinear numerical results in terms of cracking thermal loads, thermal deformations, and thermal stresses are compared to those evaluated from analytical models and experimental tests.
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