scholarly journals Flexural Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Fabrics

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Balamuralikrishnan ◽  
C. Antony Jeyasehar
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

Flexural experimental study on reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates using anchorage systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 923-930
Author(s):  
Ning Zhuang ◽  
Junzhou Chen ◽  
Miao Zheng ◽  
Da Chen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Flexural Capacity ◽  
Cfrp Sheets ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

Flexural capacity of RC beams gets significant improvement with externally bonded Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer (CFRP) sheet. The anchorage system is a valid means to restrain or delay debonding failure caused by stress concentration at the ends of CFRP sheets. In this paper, four RC beams, measuring 150 × 200 × 1900 mm, were examined under four-point bending test. One beam was applied for contrast. And other three were CFRP strengthened with no anchorage, CF anchors (carbon fiber anchors) and U-wraps (U-shaped CFRP wraps). The primary purpose of the experiment was to validate the effectiveness of CF anchors and U-wraps in improving the flexure character of beams strengthened with CFRP sheets. The experimental results revealed that the strengthened beams using anchorage systems performed remarkably in beam ductility, flexural capacity, load-deflection response and failure mode compared with the contrast beam. The anchorage systems were more effective and necessary to enhance the flexural behavior of beams as using CFRP laminates for flexural strengthening.

Exploratory experimental study on flexural behavior of CFRP-reinforced concrete beams subjected to acidic loading effect

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 2184-2197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Yang Luan ◽  
Ying-Fang Fan ◽  
An Chen ◽  
Shi-Yi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

This article presents an exploratory study on the flexural behavior of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer–reinforced concrete beams subjected to acidic loading effect. To this end, an artificial acid rain with a pH level of 1.5 was prepared by mixing sulfate and nitric acid solutions. Eight reinforced concrete beams with/without carbon fiber–reinforced polymer applications were constructed and conditioned using the artificial acid rain. During conditioning, bending loads were applied to the top surfaces of the beams to simulate the acidic loading action. Three carbon fiber–reinforced polymer reinforcement schemes (corrosion reinforcement, reinforcement corrosion, and cracking reinforcement) were considered. After conditioning, the length and quantity of initial cracks in the beams were recorded. A combined ultrasonic–rebound method was then adopted to measure the strength and corrosion depth of the concrete and evaluate the beams’ integrity. Next, four-point bending tests were conducted to study the beams’ flexural behavior. It can be concluded that all beams deteriorated with the increase of the corrosion time. Carbon fiber–reinforced polymer–reinforced concrete beams performed better than normal reinforced concrete beams under the acidic loading effect. The initial cracks can influence the flexural behavior of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer–reinforced concrete beams.

Flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by carbon fiber reinforced polymer using different strengthening techniques

2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322110499
Author(s):  
Riyam J Abed ◽  
Mohammed A Mashrei ◽  
Ali A Sultan
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Control Beam ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Externally Bonded ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

The externally bonded reinforcement on grooves (EBROG) method is increasingly recognized as an alternative strengthening method that can overcome the debonding problem. This study aims to experimentally investigate the effectiveness of EBROG as compared to the conventional externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) method in strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams. Twelve RC beams have been tested under four point load bending. One of these beams has been designated as a reference beam, seven beams have been strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets, and four beams have been strengthened with CFRP laminates using EBROG or EBR methods. The effect of CFRP type, number of layers, as well as the type of strengthening methods on the flexural performance have been also investigated. The load, deflection, stiffness, and failure modes were recorded and discussed intensively. Overall, test results indicated that the flexural strength and stiffness of the strengthened specimens using EBR or EBROG methods increased compared to the control beam, where the increase in the load carrying capacity of beams strengthened using the EBR method ranged between 24.8 and 48.2% and by the EBROG method ranged between 31.7 and 76.7% of the control beam. The most interesting result obtained is that the failure mode of beams has been changed from debonding of CFRP material to rupture of CFRP in some samples strengthened by EBROG, which demonstrates the superior behavior of this strengthening technique as compared to the traditional strengthening using EBR.

Experimental Study on Shear Capacity of RC Beams Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Mandated by ACli 440

2016 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 154-157
Author(s):  
Sri Tudjono ◽  
Himawan Indarto ◽  
Monica Devi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Rc Beam ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced

Shear reinforcement for retrofitting an RC beam using unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) woven can only be applied on the beam’s body below the concrete floor slab. Thus, it cannot fully curb like the way stirrups do, in which it will affect the shear capacity. The CFRP can only be ‘n’or ‘u’ shaped, taking into consideration the direction of shear force. Herein, the experimental study of the shear capacity ofshear capacity the beam strengthened by FRP is carried out.shear capacity The beams are RC beams of width 150 mm, height 300 mm, span of 1000 mm, f'c = 26 MPa having 2 bar of 19 mm diameter (fy = 403.65 MPa) and stirrups 6 mm diameter of 250 mm spacing (fy=375 MPa). The shear capacity measured is then compared with the shear capacity calculated using ACI 440. The result shows that the shear capacity measured from experiment is greater than the shear capacity calculated by ACI 440. Also, theshear capacity of RC beam with CFRP reinforcement n shape is greater than u shape.

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