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. 2022 Sep 24;14(19):4002. doi: 10.3390/polym14194002
A f Section area of FRP bars in tensile zone (mm2)
A te Section area of effective tensile concrete (mm2)
B s Short-term bending stiffness of bending members (N·mm2)
B s1 GB 50608-2010 calculated value of short-term bending stiffness (N·mm2)
B s2 Modified calculated value of short-term bending stiffness (N·mm2)
B s,exp Measured value of short-term bending stiffness (N·mm2)
B s,T Short-term bending stiffness of FRP beam after T °C (N·mm2)
b Cross-section width of the concrete beam (mm)
c Distance from the outer edge of tensile FRP longitudinal bars to the bottom edge of tensile zone (mm)
d eq Equivalent diameter of FRP longitudinal bars in tensile zone (mm)
d i Nominal diameter of i-th FRP longitudinal bars in tension zone (mm)
E c Elastic modulus of the concrete (GPa)
E f Elastic modulus of FRP bars (GPa)
E f,T Tensile elastic modulus of FRP bars after T °C (GPa)
F u Ultimate load of FRP-reinforced concrete beams (kN)
f Mid-span deflection (mm)
f c,T Axial compressive strength of the concrete after T °C (MPa)
f fu,T Ultimate tensile strength of FRP bars after T °C (MPa)
f tk Standard tensile strength of FRP bars (MPa)
h 0f Distance between joint point of FRP bar and the top surface of the concrete beam (mm)
K b Reduction coefficient of short-term stiffness
K w Influence coefficient of high-temperature exposure on the maximum crack width
k f Bond coefficient
l Span of the test beam (mm)
M Bending moment acting on the component section during crack calculation (kN·m)
M c Calculated ultimate moment (kN·m)
M cr Cracking moment of the component section (kN·m)
M exp Measured ultimate moment (kN·m)
M k Bending moment value by load effect standard combination (kN·m)
M u Ultimate moment of FRP-reinforced concrete beams (kN·m)
n i Number of i-th FRP longitudinal bars in tensile zone
P Load (kN)
P cr Cracking load of FRP-reinforced concrete beams (kN)
S 1 Coefficient for Equation (11)
T Temperature of high-temperature exposure (°C)
T g Glass transition temperature (°C)
v i Relative bond characteristic coefficient of FRP longitudinal bars in tensile zone
x Height of the concrete compression zone after high-temperature exposure (mm)
α fE Ratio of elastic modulus of FRP bars to concrete
β 1 Equivalent rectangular stress diagram coefficient
γ f Ratio of the area of the compression flange to the effective area of the web
ε cu Ultimate compressive strain of normal cross-section concrete at room temperature
λ f Influence coefficient of FRP bar type
ε c,mid Concrete strain in mid-span section of test beams
ξ fb,T Balanced relative depth of compressive area of FRP beams after T °C
ρ f Reinforcement ratio of FRP bars
ρ te Reinforcement ratio of tensile FRP longitudinally bars
σ fk Stress of FRP bars under load effect standard combination (MPa)
ψ Uneven tensile coefficient of tensile FRP longitudinal bars between cracks
ω exp Measured value of maximum crack width (mm)
ω max Maximum crack width of FRP-reinforced concrete beams (mm)
ω max1 GB 50608-2010 calculated value of maximum crack width (mm)
ω max2 Modified calculated value of maximum crack width (mm)
ω max,T Maximum crack width of FRP beam after T °C (mm)