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Fastening of a high-strength composite rod with a splitted and wedged end in a potted anchor 1. Experimental investigation

  • A. K. Arnautov*
  • , G. P. Terrasi
  • , V. L. Kulakov
  • , G. G. Portnov
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
  • University of Latvia

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Abstract

The effectiveness of fastening of high-strength unidirectional CFRP/epoxy rods in potted anchors was investigated experimentally. The rods had splitted ends, in which duralumin wedges were glued. The experiments, performed for three types of contact between the composite rods and the potted material, showed that the most effective were full adhesion and adhesion-friction contacts, when the maximum load-carrying capacity of CFRP rods under tension could be reached. The full friction contact was ineffective because of the shear failure of CFRP rods inside the anchorage zone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)595-604
Number of pages10
JournalMechanics of Composite Materials
Volume49
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • adhesion
  • adhesion-friction and friction contacts
  • potted anchor
  • uniaxial tension test
  • wedged composite rod

OECD Field of Science

  • 1.3 Physical Sciences

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