Research Article
An Investigation into the Response of GFRP-Reinforced Glue-Laminated Tudor Arches
Table 3
Comparison of the maximum values obtained by the use of failure criteria for the adhesive interface and GFRP obtained by FE analysis.
| | Adhesive Interface Crit. | GFRP failure Crit. | | FRP layup sequence | FRP layup sequence | | [0]2 | [0]4 | [0]2 | [0]4 |
| Location of stresses | | | | |
| ā | GFRP configuration (a) |
| Arch-lower | 0.80 | 8.81 | 0.21 | 0.2 | Beam-lower | 0.96 | 1.86 | 0.21 | 0.2 | Arch-upper | 0.014 | 0.47 | 12.30 | 13.79 | Beam-upper | 0.34 | 0.65 | 12.82 | 12.29 |
| ā | GFRP configuration (k) |
| Arch-lower | 0.66 | 25.65 | 0.15 | 0.16 | Beam-lower | 1.36 | 39.64 | 0.22 | 0.23 | Arch-upper | 0.99 | 3.70 | 0.15 | 0.16 | Beam-upper | 0.91 | 3.61 | 0.22 | 0.2 |
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Arch/beam-lower: FRP applied onto the lower face of the arch/Beam. Arch/beam-upper: FRP applied onto the upper face of the arch/Beam.
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