Characterization Procedure for Bond, Anchorage and Strain-Hardening Behavior of Textile-Reinforced Cementitious Composites

Abstract

A fast adoption of innovative composite materials such as textile reinforced concrete (TRC) in practice is hindered by the lack of efficient and standardized characterization and design procedures. In this paper, we discuss results of uniaxial tensile tests and double sided pullout tests. The analysis of the tests is done with a modelling framework for tensile behavior developed at IMB RWTH Aachen. The overall goal is to simulate the tensile response of composite specimen based on the reinforcement and matrix characteristics. Thus, the need for cost-intensive composite tensile tests could be reduced, which facilitates the material development and adoption of TRC in engineering practice.

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Flexural Properties of Mortar Beam Reinforced with Coated Carbon-Fiber Textile

“…of TRM through experimental analysis. However, only a few studies have analyzed the bonding behavior of coated carbon textile in concrete and the flexural behavior of coated carbon-textile-reinforced cementitious materials [23,24]. In addition, although the research results [11] have suggested that TRM can improve performance under serviceability loads by increasing the flexural and shear capacity compared to existing RC members, the field application of TRM as a structural member necessitates a concise and reliable analysis model to predict the structural behavior of TRM.…”