Experimental Study on Flexural Behavior of RC Piles with Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars and Load Carrying Capacity Calculation

Abstract

The practical application of BFRPB (Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars) as a support structure in foundation pit and slope engineering is relatively under-researched. The indoor tensile test presented in this paper is carried out on the bond between BFRPB and different labelled concrete. The mechanical characteristics of BFRPB, the failure characteristics, and the load-carrying capacity were analyzed. The results of this study demonstrate that the normal section stress of concrete cylindrical components with BFRP has a good linear relationship and supports the rationality of the flat section assumption. In circular reinforced concrete BFRP structures, the failure of the pile load occurs in four phases, and the cracking load is in the range of 51% to 67% of the normal yield load. The main bars increase in strain with load but become attenuated in the compression zone. The deformation of the main bars increases with the load but becomes muted in the compression zone. Based on the method of calculating the load-carrying capacity of GFRP-reinforced RC piles and the normal limit load-carrying moment obtained from in-door tests, the bending moment correction coefficient in the calculation formula for the load-carrying capacity of BFRP-reinforced RC piles was then obtained.