Experimental and numerical modeling of basalt textile reinforced mortar behavior under uniaxial tensile stress

Pello Larrinaga*, Carlos Chastre, Hugo C. Biscaia, José T. San-José

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Abstract

During the last years several projects and studies have improved the knowledge about textile reinforced mortar (TRM) technology. TRM has already been used in strengthening masonry and reinforced concrete structural elements such as walls, arches, columns and beams. This material is presented as a real alternative to the use of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) in situations where these composites have presented some drawbacks or their use is banned. Textile reinforced mortar show a complex mechanical behavior derived from the heterogeneity of the constituent materials. This paper aims to deepen the knowledge of this composite material in terms of tensile behavior.Following this scope, this paper presents an experimental campaign focused on thirty-one TRM specimens reinforced with four different reinforcing ratios. The results are analyzed and contrasted with two distinct models. (i) The Aveston-Cooper-Kelly theory (ACK) which is based on a tri-linear analytical approach; and (ii) a non-linear numerical simulation with a 3D finite element code.The finite element analysis (FEA) of the TRM tensile tests also showed no significant dependence on the basalt-to-mortar interface, i.e., the choice of a bond-slip curve in order to reproduce the bond stresses and slippages along the interface is irrelevant and it can be simply considered as rigid interface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)66-74
Number of pages9
JournalMaterials and Design
Volume55
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

Funding

This research work was funded through the research projects DFB 7-12-TK-2009-10 and BIA2010-20789-C04-03/04; the Basque Government’s contract IT781-13; and the scholarship programme of the Iñaki Goenaga Foundation.

FundersFunder number
Fundación Centros Tecnológicos Iñaki Goenaga
Eusko JaurlaritzaIT781-13

    Keywords

    • Basalt
    • Modeling
    • Mortar
    • Numerical
    • Tensile
    • Textile

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