scholarly journals Experimental assessment of different strengthening techniques for opening in reinforced concrete beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (59) ◽  
pp. 549-565
Author(s):  
Fatma Agag ◽  
Seleem S. E. Ahmad ◽  
Hossam El-Din M. Sallam
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Cfrp Sheets ◽  
Load Carrying

The present experimental study includes testing thirteen reinforced concrete beams with openings at different locations to investigate the efficiency of strengthening such openings. Different strengthening techniques around the opening after and before casting include diagonal bars, upper and lower steel, and carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP), were examined. All beams were made from 30 MPa compressive strength and tested under four-point loading.  The cross section of the beams is 400 mm depth x 160 mm width and beam length 2400 mm. The dimensions of the opening are 200 mm x 200 mm. The stiffness, deflection, failure load, and failure mode of the strengthened beams were discussed. Experimental results showed that the beams strengthened with upper and lower steel around opening at mid-span increase the load-carrying capacity by 16.59%. However, beams strengthened by CFRP sheets around the opening in the shear zone increase the load carrying capacity by 47.7% compared to opened beam.

scholarly journals Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams Subjected to Concentrated Loads

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Foraboschi
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Concentrated Loads ◽  
Concentrated Load ◽  
Load Carrying

Renovation, restoration, remodeling, refurbishment, and retrofitting of build-ings often imply modifying the behavior of the structural system. Modification sometimes includes applying forces (i.e., concentrated loads) to beams that before were subjected to distributed loads only. For a reinforced concrete structure, the new condition causes a beam to bear a concentrated load with the crack pattern that was produced by the distributed loads that acted in the past. If the concentrated load is applied at or near the beam’s midspan, the new shear demand reaches the maximum around the midspan. But around the midspan, the cracks are vertical or quasi-vertical, and no inclined bar is present. So, the actual shear capacity around the midspan not only is low, but also can be substantially lower than the new demand. In order to bring the beam capacity up to the demand, fiber-reinforced-polymer composites can be used. This paper presents a design method to increase the concentrated load-carrying capacity of reinforced concrete beams whose load distribution has to be changed from distributed to concentrated, and an analytical model to pre-dict the concentrated load-carrying capacity of a beam in the strengthened state.

Guidelines for flexural design of FRP reinforced concrete beams

2020 ◽  
pp. 002199832097373
Author(s):  
Fares Jnaid
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Multiple Variables

This paper investigates the effects of different parameters on the live load carrying capacity of concrete beams reinforced with FRP bars. The author performed a parametric study utilizing an innovative numerical approach to inspect the effects of multiple variables such as reinforcement ratio, concrete compressive strength, span to depth ratio, FRP type, and bar diameter on load carrying capacity of FRP reinforced concrete beams. This study concluded that unless the span to height ratio is smaller than 8, tension-controlled sections are impractical as they do not meet code requirements for serviceability. In addition, it is recommended to use higher reinforcement ratios when using larger span to depth ratios and/or when using CFRP reinforcing bars. Moreover, larger number of bars with small diameter is more practical than fewer large diameter bars. Furthermore, this research suggests that increasing the concrete compressive strength is associated with a significant increase in the ultimate flexural capacity of FRP reinforced beams.

scholarly journals The influence of simultaneous action of the aggressive environment and loading on strength of RC beams

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 02002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Selejdak ◽  
Roman Khmil ◽  
Zinoviy Blikharskyy
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Simultaneous Action ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Aggressive Environment ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Acid Environment ◽  
Simultaneous Influence

The article is devoted to an experimental research of the strength of reinforced concrete beams, and its dependence on a simultaneous influence of a corrosion environment and a loading factor. The tests have been carried out upon reinforced concrete specimens of 2100×200×100 mm size, with a regular reinforcement. The beams are of a span equaling to 1,9m with different reinforcing ratio of beams. The acid environment, namely 10 % H2SO4, was taken as a model of an aggressive environment. Reinforced concrete beams have been tested with and without the co-action of the aggressive environment and loading factor. Beams, which underwent a simultaneous action of the corrosive environment and loading, were loaded to a level 0.7 of its load-carrying capacity. The load-carrying capacity in aggressive environment in all the beams of all the series was achieved in 46-60 days. The influence of the simultaneous action of the aggressive environment and loading on the strength of reinforced-concrete beams has been described in the following work. It is necessary to note that the design code of Ukraine does not allow determining load carrying capacity of the beams affected by corrosion with simultaneous influence of loading with adequate accuracy. The analysis of experimental data has been done and the main directions of the design code’s correction have been formulated.

Responses of Plain and Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Beams to Temperature and Mechanical Loads: Experimental Study

2000 ◽  
Vol 1740 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Alavizadeh-Farhang ◽  
Johan Silfwerbrand
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Load Carrying

To study the structural responses of plain and steel fiber-reinforced concrete pavements under combined mechanical and thermal loads, two test series have been conducted with plain and steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams. The magnitude and duration of the differences in the induced stresses caused by traffic load and a positive nonlinear temperature gradient (the top surface was warmer than the bottom surface during the day) may lead to some relaxation of thermal stresses and subsequently increase the load-carrying capacity. Considering the loss of support contact in the interior part of the concrete pavement, the experimental study of combined loading with restrained concrete beams may provide some insight and an indication of whether the superposition of stresses is a proper approach. The beams were subjected to solely thermal, solely mechanical, and combined thermal and mechanical loads while the rotation of the beam at supports was prevented. The results of tests conducted with both plain and steel fiber-reinforced beams showed that the superposition of stresses under combined loading before cracking gave a satisfactory estimation of the load-carrying capacities. The results also showed that the effect of relaxation of stresses due to short-term thermal loads was not noticeable in the load-carrying capacity achieved in tests with combined thermal and mechanical loads. On the contrary, a tendency for reduction of the load-carrying capacity was observed at higher thermal gradients. In addition, the overall structural responses of steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams under mechanical load and a nonlinear temperature gradient combined were similar to the responses of plain concrete beams up to the cracking stage. However, the release of thermal stresses due to cracking and the considerable residual load-carrying capacity after cracking were the most important observations for steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams.

scholarly journals Flexural Behaviour Of Reinforced Concrete Beams Containing Expanded Glass As Lightweight Aggregates

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal Khatib ◽  
Adrian Jefimiuk ◽  
Sammy Khatib
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Flexural Behaviour ◽  
Structural Concrete ◽  
Load Carrying

Abstract The flexural properties of reinforced concrete beams containing expanded glass as a partial fine aggregate (sand) replacement are investigated. Four concrete mixes were employed to conduct this study. The fine aggregate was replaced with 0%, 25%, 50% and 100% (by volume) expanded glass. The results suggest that the incorporation of 50% expanded glass increased the workability of the concrete. The compressive strength was decreasing linearly with the increasing amount of expanded glass. The ductility of the concrete beam significantly improved with the incorporation of the expanded glass. However, the load-carrying capacity of the beam and load at which the first crack occurs was reduced. It was concluded that the inclusion of expanded glass in structural concrete applications is feasible.

scholarly journals Compósitos cimentícios de alto desempenho para aplicação como substrato de transição em vigas

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
V. J. Ferrari ◽  
A. P. Arquez ◽  
J. B. De Hanai
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Short Fibers ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Material Tests

Compuestos cementíceos de alto desempeño para su aplicación como sustrato de transición en vigasRESUMENEste estudio muestra el desarrollo y análisis del comportamiento de los materiales compuestos de cemento reforzado con fibras de alto rendimiento. El material descrito se desarrolló específicamente para su aplicación como sustrato de transición, o capa de reparación de la formación de la brida tensada vigas de hormigón reforzado con polímeros de flexión reforzado con fibras de carbono (PRFC). Diecinueve compuestos diferentes fueron producidos por el proceso de hibridación. Se varió la cantidad de fibras cortas y microfibras de acero. Para analizar el comportamiento de los ensayos de flexión en tres puntos materiales prismas se realizaron Jagged. La respuesta del material se analizó teniendo en cuenta parámetros de tenacidad a la flexión y (fractura). Materiales compuestos de alto rendimiento evidencia a través de un comportamiento pseudo- endurecimiento.Palabras clave: compuestos cementíceos; vigas de concreto; sustrato de transición. High performance cementitious compounds and their application as transition substrate for beamsABSTRACTThis study presents the development and analysis of the behavior of high performance cementitious compounds reinforced with fibers. The material described was specifically developed for its application as a transition substrate, meaning, a repair layer that forms the tensed span of the flexion reinforced concrete beams with carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP). Nineteen different compounds were produced by the hybridization process. The volume of the short fibers and of the steel microfibers varied. To analyze the behavior of the flexural material, tests were done in three points in tests tubes with their notches. The response of the material was analyzed considering the tenacity parameters (to flexion and fracture). The high performance of the compounds through the behavior of pseudo-hardening was confirmed.Keywords: cementitious compounds; concrete beams; transition substrate. Compósitos cimentícios de alto desempenho para aplicação como substrato de transição em vigasRESUMONeste estudo apresenta-se o desenvolvimento e a análise do comportamiento de compuestos cementíceos de elevado desempeño reforzados com fibras. O material descrito foi especificamente desarrollado para aplicación como um sustrato de transición, ou seja, camada de reparo que forma o banzo traccionado de vigas de concreto reforçadas à flexão com polímeros reforzados com fibras de carbono (PRFC). Dezenove diferentes compuestos foram produzidos pelo processo de hibridização. Variou-se o volume de fibras curtas e de microfibras de aço. Para analisar o comportamiento do material à flexão, ensaios em três pontos em prismas entalhados foram realizados. A resposta do material foi analisada considerando-se parâmetros de tenacidade (flexional e ao fraturamento). Ficou evidenciado o elevado desempeño dos compuestos através de comportamiento de pseudo-encruamento.Palavras-chave: compuestos cementíceos; vigas de concreto; sustrato de transición.

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