Interface Shear Stress Analysis of Bond FRP Tendon Anchorage under Different Boundary Conditions.

This article describes a study of an analytic interfacial stresses solution of FRP bond tendon anchorage, under different boundary conditions. The analytic solution was obtained with the cohesive zone model (CZM): the concept of the minimum relative interface displacement sm is introduced and used as the fundamental variable to express all other parameters. The presented analytic solution agrees well with the result of experiment and that of finite element analysis (FEA). Furthermore, the interface shear stress distributions under two kinds of boundary conditions are discussed. It is indicated that the boundary conditions affected distribution of interfacial stress greatly. Under different boundary conditions, at the same load level, the peak interface shear stress corresponding to the first boundary condition is smaller than it is corresponding to the second boundary condition. The FRP tendon anchor under the first boundary condition can alleviate the peak bond stress, resulting in better uniformity in bond stress distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]