Abstract:According to ASTM D665, the tests of 90 glass fiber reinforced plastic(GFRP) bars were conducted at 40, 60,80℃ in artificial seawater environment for 3.65, 18.00, 36.50, 92.00,183.00d to evaluate the tensile properties of GFRP bars. The results reveal that after being exposed to the artificial seawater environment for 183.00d at 40, 60,80℃, tensile strength of GFRP bars decreases by 17.71%, 24.89% and 28.65%, while tensile elastic modulus of GFRP bars decreases by 6.57%, 4.40% and -3.77%, respectively. The micro morphology of the GFRP bars surface was observed under scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and it indicates that the bonds between fibers and resin in GFRP bars in the erosion region become loose, and as the temperature rises, the interfacial debonding between fiber and resin in GFRP bars becomes more significant. The results of moisture absorption test show that the absorption kinetics can be satisfactorily described by Ficks law, the absorption curve were leveled off after reaching to saturation. In addition, based on the Ficks law, tensile strength degradation model of GFRP bars under the artificial seawater environment is proposed.