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Flexural Behaviour of Hybrid FRC-GFRP/PUR Sandwich Panels
The present work has been developed in the scope of the research project ‘‘Easyfloor – Development of composite sandwich panels for building floor rehabilitation”. This project aims at developing a hybrid sandwich panel, constituting an alternative construction system to conventional floor solutions, mainly for buildings rehabilitation. The developed hybrid sandwich panel is composed of a top face layer of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete (FRC), a core of polyurethane (PUR) closed-cell foam and a bottom face sheet and lateral webs of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP). The composite (GFRP/PUR) is manufactured by pultrusion, and its cross-section includes a sheet of GFRP between the FRC and PUR. After the production of the composite part, fresh FRC is poured onto the FRP component to materialize the top face of the panel.
Full-scale tests on the developed sandwich panels have been carried out to characterize their flexural behaviour. The experimental programme included flexural tests i) on single supported panels, ii) on two panels side adhesively bonded and iii) on single panels with different connection solutions to walls.
The present work includes a detailed description of the developed panels and of the experimental programme. It also presents and discusses the relevant results. The observed performance of the tested specimens is critically analysed.
Flexural Behaviour of Hybrid FRC-GFRP/PUR Sandwich Panels
The present work has been developed in the scope of the research project ‘‘Easyfloor – Development of composite sandwich panels for building floor rehabilitation”. This project aims at developing a hybrid sandwich panel, constituting an alternative construction system to conventional floor solutions, mainly for buildings rehabilitation. The developed hybrid sandwich panel is composed of a top face layer of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete (FRC), a core of polyurethane (PUR) closed-cell foam and a bottom face sheet and lateral webs of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP). The composite (GFRP/PUR) is manufactured by pultrusion, and its cross-section includes a sheet of GFRP between the FRC and PUR. After the production of the composite part, fresh FRC is poured onto the FRP component to materialize the top face of the panel.
Full-scale tests on the developed sandwich panels have been carried out to characterize their flexural behaviour. The experimental programme included flexural tests i) on single supported panels, ii) on two panels side adhesively bonded and iii) on single panels with different connection solutions to walls.
The present work includes a detailed description of the developed panels and of the experimental programme. It also presents and discusses the relevant results. The observed performance of the tested specimens is critically analysed.
Flexural Behaviour of Hybrid FRC-GFRP/PUR Sandwich Panels
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Ilki, Alper (editor) / Ispir, Medine (editor) / Inci, Pinar (editor) / Correia, Luís (author) / Silva, Tiago (author) / Sena-Cruz, José (author) / Pereira, Eduardo (author) / Valente, Isabel (author) / Barros, Joaquim (author)
International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering ; 2021 ; Istanbul, Turkey
10th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering ; Chapter: 213 ; 2458-2469
2021-11-27
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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