ASEA SEC 03


A STUDY ON THE PUSHOVER TEST AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF GFRP FRAMES

YEOU-FONG LI, BO-SHIANG WANG, JIAN-YU LAI


Abstract

This paper presents the use of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite material to produce a structure frame; the behaviors of the GFRP frames were analyzed by using pushover test and a numerical analysis software. Double-web FRP I-beams are used for the beams and columns of the frame, and joints made from metal and FRP. Three types of frame specimens were involved: an un-braced frame, a compression-braced frame and a tension-braced frame for each joint type. The joints were bonded to the frame components using epoxy resin but also adding bolts in the beam-column joint. The pushover test was used to investigate the mechanical behaviors and failure modes of the GFRP frames. The analysis software SAP2000 was used for the pushover analysis of the GFRP frames, and it was shown that the ultimate strength and force-displacement relationships of the analytical results were similar to that of the experimental ones.

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