Basic bond characteristics of frp strand sheet-concrete interface with polyurea resin

Aiming at improving bond strengths between FRP sheet and concrete, the FRP sheet bonding method using high elongation elastic resin as a buffer layer was developed. In this study, bonding tests was conducted to clarify the basic bond characteristics of FRP strand sheet-concrete interface with a polyurea resin. As a result of the bonding tests, it was found that the use of the polyurea resin as a buffer layer significantly improved the bond strength and the interfacial fracture energy between FRP sheets and concrete. In addition, bond stress-slip relationships with a polyurea resin were proposed. Finally, numerical analyses of bonding CFRP strand sheets and concrete were conducted so as to verify validity of the proposed bond stress-slip relationships. This paper is an extended version in English from the authors' previous work [Kobayashi, A., Ozaki, M., Sato, Y., Arazoe, M., Tateishi, A. and Komori, A., (2020). “Study on bonding behavior of FRP sheets and concrete bonded with high elongation elastic resin.” Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE, 66A, 855-867. (in Japanese)].