预腐蚀平行钢丝高温后力学性能试验研究

Experimental study on mechanical properties of pre-corroded parallel steel wires after high temperature

  • 摘要: 平行钢丝作为桥梁拉索的重要组成部分,在长期服役过程中易受腐蚀、高温等因素的影响,导致其力学性能退化。近年来,缆索承重桥梁车辆火灾事故风险急剧增大,然而目前腐蚀拉索钢丝高温后的力学性能评估方法研究尚不完善,以1 770 MPa等级的平行钢丝为研究对象,开展腐蚀时长为240、480和720 h的干湿循环加速腐蚀试验,得到模拟工业大气腐蚀环境下不同腐蚀程度的预腐蚀钢丝。对预腐蚀钢丝开展火灾试验与高温后拉伸试验,获得1 770 MPa预腐蚀钢丝高温后应力-应变曲线,并选取弹性模量、屈服强度、极限强度与断裂应变等4项力学性能指标进行对比分析,提出基于腐蚀折减因子与温度折减因子的预腐蚀钢丝高温后力学性能评估方法。结果表明,在腐蚀与火灾叠加作用下,1 770 MPa平行钢丝力学性能显著退化,其中屈服强度、极限强度与断裂应变的折减因子极值分别为0.375 8、0.379 4与0.356 5。本文研究可为长期服役情况下的拉吊索桥梁结构安全评估提供参考。

     

    Abstract: Bridge stay cables play a vital and indispensable role in the structural integrity and safety of cable-supported bridges. Statistical data indicates that nearly 100% of bridge stay cables exhibit varying degrees of damage, with corrosion being the most common issue. As a key component of bridge stay cables, parallel steel wires are particularly vulnerable to the detrimental effects of corrosion during their long-term service. This vulnerability progressively leads to the degradation of their mechanical properties, posing a significant threat to the overall stability and safety of the bridge structure. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the domestic highway transportation network and rapid economic development in China, the number of motor vehicles and electric vehicles in the country has been steadily increasing. Consequently, the probability and risk of fire accidents in cable-supported bridges have risen sharply. Fire incidents not only directly damage the physical structure of the stay cables but also interact with pre-existing corrosion, creating a compounded effect. The combined impact of corrosion and fire further accelerates the degradation of the mechanical properties of the stay cables, leading to a more rapid decline in their load-bearing capacity and safety performance. This issue has become a major concern for bridge engineers and researchers, as it poses a significant challenge to the long-term durability and safety of cable-supported bridges. Despite its importance, current research, both domestically and internationally, on the degradation mechanism of the mechanical properties of parallel steel wires in corroded stay cables exposed to high temperatures remains incomplete. Similarly, the evaluation methods for assessing the mechanical properties of these corroded wires after high-temperature exposure are still under development. To gain a better understanding of the combined effects of corrosion and fire on the mechanical properties of parallel steel wires in bridges, more in-depth and comprehensive research is urgently needed. Against this backdrop, this paper focuses on 1,770 MPa brand-new bridge parallel steel wires as the research object. Through immersion testing and accelerated corrosion tests with dry-wet cycles, corrosion durations of 240 hours, 480 hours, and 720 hours were applied, producing pre-corroded steel wires with varying degrees of corrosion under simulated industrial atmospheric corrosion conditions. Subsequently, high-temperature furnace tests and tensile tests using a hydraulic universal testing machine were conducted on these pre-corroded steel wires after high-temperature exposure. The failure model was analyzed, and stress-strain curves for the 1,770 MPa pre-corroded bridge parallel steel wires post high-temperature exposure were obtained. Additionally, four mechanical property indices—elastic modulus, yield strength, ultimate strength, and fracture strain—were selected for analysis to explore the impact of corrosion and fire on the mechanical properties of parallel steel wires. By comparing the mechanical property indices of pre-corroded steel wires after high-temperature exposure with those of uncorroded parallel steel wires at room temperature, the effects of corrosion degree and fire exposure temperature on the mechanical properties of the pre-corroded steel wires were discussed. The results show that under the combined action of corrosion and fire, the mechanical properties of 1,770 MPa parallel steel wires degrade significantly. The maximum reduction coefficients for yield strength, ultimate strength, and fracture strain were 0.3758, 0.3794, and 0.3565, respectively. In conclusion, the findings of this study, based on tensile tests of pre-corroded steel wires after high-temperature exposure, provide valuable theoretical support for evaluating the performance of parallel steel wires in bridge stay cables subjected to the combined effects of corrosion and fire damage. 

     

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