| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 120, 2017
International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials & Civil Engineering Systems (ASCMCES-17)
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| Article Number | 01008 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Sustainable Structural Systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201712001008 | |
| Published online | 09 August 2017 | |
Repair of reinforced concrete beams using carbon fiber reinforced polymer
1 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Construction Materials and Structural Systems Research Group, University of Sharjah, P.O.Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
2 GCP Applied Technologies, P.O.Box 5006, Dubai, UAE
* Corresponding author: akarzad@sharjah.ac.ae
This research paper is part of an ongoing research on the behaviour of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams retrofitted with Externally Bonded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (EB-CFRP). A total of 5 large-scale rectangular beams, previously damaged due to shear loading, were repaired and strengthened with EB-CFRP and tested in this study. The major cracks of the damaged beams were injected with epoxy and the beams were wrapped with 2 layers of EB-CFRP discrete strips with 100mm width and 150mm center to center spacing. The beams were instrumented and tested to failure under three points loading in simply supported configuration. The measured test parameters were the beams deflection, maximum load, and the strain in the FRP strips. The failure mode was also observed. The results showed that applying EB-FRP strips increased the shear strength significantly relative to the original shear capacity of the beam. The results demonstrate that the application of EB-FRP strips used in this study is an effective repair method that can be used to repair and strengthen damaged beams.
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