Experimental Study of Full-Scale Corroded Steel Bridge Piles Repaired Underwater with Grout-Filled Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Jackets

Steel bridge piles, many of which have been in service for over half a century across the United States, are now deteriorating because of corrosion. They often require retrofitting to restore their capacities to their initial design capacities. Grout-filled fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) jackets are one promising repair alternative among others. This paper presents the findings of a full-scale experimental investigation to study the behavior of steel piles with localized simulated corrosion damage that were repaired underwater using grout-filled FRP jackets. Fourteen full-scale deteriorated piles were repaired with grout-filled FRP jackets and were tested under axial compression. The repair system was able to restore the axial capacity of the piles to the initially designed capacity. A rational approach is proposed and was implemented for the design of the tested repairs in this study. The results indicate that grout-filled FRP jackets can be effectively used to repair steel H-piles with localized corrosion and that the proposed design approach can be used to design the jackets for piles with different degrees of corrosion.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000847
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Authors:
  • Karagah, H
  • Dawood, M
  • Belarbi, A
• Publication Date: 2018-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 04018008
• Serial:
  • Journal of Composites for Construction
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0268
  • EISSN: 1943-5614
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jccof2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bridge substructures; Corrosion; Fiber reinforced polymers; Grout; Material reinforcement; Steel bridges; Underwater construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Jackets (Structures)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01670845
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: May 29 2018 4:04PM