Shear tests of carbon fiber plates bonded to concrete with control of snap-back

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2663-2678

  Carrara, Pietro ^a   Ferretti, Daniele ^b   Freddi, Francesco ^b   Rosati, Gianpaolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Debonding; Fracture energy; FRP reinforcement; Snap back

Indexed keywords

BOND-SLIP LAWS; BOND-SLIP RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FREE EDGE; FRP REINFORCEMENT; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MODE II; PEELING STRESS; PULL-OUT; SHEAR TESTS; SINGLE LAP SHEARS; SNAP-BACK;

CARBON FIBERS; DEBONDING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; TESTING;

BOND LENGTH;

EID: 80052279584     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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