Short BFRP fibers and BFRP rebars reinforcements to tailor mechanical performances of shield tunnel segments and failure analyses
摘要
To develop more environmentally friendly shield tunnel segment (STS) structures, Basalt fiber reinforced plastics (BFRP) rebars and short BFRP fibers (SBFs) reinforced STS structures were investigated through experimental and theoretical approaches. Three point bending experiments with two ends simply-supported reveal that the BFRP rebars reinforced STS (BRRS) samples with SBFs content of 1.5% have excellent advantages in ultimate load and ductile deformation, with peak load improved from 2564 kN of traditional standard steel rebars reinforced STS (SRRS) to 3336 kN. Without reinforcing by SBFs, the BRRS samples still have comparable behaviors with the SRRS samples. Multi-failure criteria were proposed to predict the bearing capacity. The flexural bending failure is dominant. Based on the tensile strain of BFRP rebars and the compressive strength of SBFs reinforced concrete (RC), the ultimate load of the BRRS samples were predicted with acceptable errors.