Shear Failure of Patched Reinforced Concrete Beam without Web Reinforcements

2017 ◽  
Vol 737 ◽  
pp. 441-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanus Kristiawan ◽  
Agus Supriyadi ◽  
Senot Sangadji ◽  
Hapsara Brian Wicaksono

Degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) element could lead to a reduction of its strength and serviceability. The degradation may be identified in the form of spalling of concrete cover. For the case of RC beam, spalling of concrete cover could occur at the web of the shear span due to corrosion of the web reinfocements. The shear strength of the damaged-RC beam possibly will become less conservative compared to the corresponding flexural strength with a risk of brittle failure. Patch repair could be a choice to recover the size and strength of the damaged-RC beam. This research investigates the shear failure of patched RC beam without web reinforcements with a particular interest to compare the shear failure behaviour of patched RC beam and normal RC beam. The patch repair material used in this research was unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) mortar. The results indicate that the initial diagonal cracks leading to shear failure of patched RC beam occur at a lower level of loading. However, the patched RC beam could carry a greater load before the diagonal crack propagates in length and width causing the beam to fail in shear.

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Stefanus Adi Kristiawan ◽  
Halwan Alfisa Saifullah ◽  
Agus Supriyadi

Deteriorated concrete cover, e.g., spalling or delamination, especially when it occurs at the web of a reinforced concrete (RC) beam within the shear span, can reduce the shear capacity of the beam. Patching of this deteriorated area may be the best option to recover the shear capacity of the beam affected. For this purpose, unsaturated polyester resin mortar (UPR mortar) has been formulated. This research aims to investigate the efficacy of UPR mortar in limiting the shear cracking and so restoring the shear capacity of the deteriorated RC beam. The investigation is carried out by an experimental and numerical study. Two types of beams with a size of 150 × 250 × 1000 mm were prepared. The first type of beams was assigned as a normal beam. The other was a beam with a cut off in the non-stirrup shear span, which was eventually patched with UPR mortar. Two reinforcement ratios were assigned for each type of beams. The results show that UPR mortar is effective to hamper the propagation of diagonal cracks leading to increase the shear failure load by 15–20% compared to the reference (normal) beam. The increase of shear strength with the use of UPR mortar is consistently confirmed at various reinforcement ratios.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Fazlin Zamri ◽  
Roslli Noor Mohamed ◽  
NurHafizah A. Khalid ◽  
Kang Yong Chiat

This paper presents the findings of an experimental data on the effects of inclined shearreinforcement in reinforced concrete (RC) beam. Two types of shear reinforcement of RC beamwere investigated, conventional stirrups (vertical links) and inclined shear reinforcement (45degrees of inclined shear reinforcement). The RC beam with conventional stirrups wasdesignated as a control specimen. The RC beams with different types of shear reinforcementwere tested for shear under four-point loading system. Comparisons were made between bothtypes of RC beam on load-deflection, load-steel strain, load-concrete strain behaviour and modeof failure. The theoretical and experimental were calculated by using conventional formulation inaccordance to EC 2 in order to verify the experimental results. From the results, it was observedthat the RC beam with 45 degree inclined shear reinforcement improved structural performancein shear by approximately 20% and thus prolong the shear failure behaviour as compared to theRC beam with vertical links.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin E. Chalioris ◽  
Nikos A. Papadopoulos ◽  
Georgia M. Angeli ◽  
Chris G. Karayannis ◽  
Asterios A. Liolios ◽  
...  

AbstractDamage detection at early cracking stages in shear-critical reinforced concrete beams, before further deterioration and their inevitable brittle shear failure is crucial for structural safety and integrity. The effectiveness of a structural health monitoring technique using the admittance measurements of piezoelectric transducers mounted on a reinforced concrete beam without shear reinforcement is experimentally investigated. Embedded “smart aggregate” transducers and externally bonded piezoelectric patches have been placed in arrays at both shear spans of the beam. Beam were tested till total shear failure and monitored at three different states; healthy, flexural cracking and diagonal cracking. Test results showed that transducers close to the critical diagonal crack provided sound and graduated discrepancies between the admittance responses at the healthy state and thedamage levels.Damage assessment using statistical indices calculated from the measurements of all transducers was also attempted. Rational changes of the index values were obtained with respect to the increase of the damage. Admittance responses and index values of the transducers located on the shear span where the critical diagonal crack formed provided cogent evidence of damage. On the contrary, negligible indication of damage was yielded by the responses of the transducers located on the other shear span, where no diagonal cracking occurred.


Author(s):  
Diego L. Castañeda-Saldarriaga ◽  
Joham Alvarez-Montoya ◽  
Vladimir Martínez-Tejada ◽  
Julián Sierra-Pérez

AbstractSelf-sensing concrete materials, also known as smart concretes, are emerging as a promising technological development for the construction industry, where novel materials with the capability of providing information about the structural integrity while operating as a structural material are required. Despite progress in the field, there are issues related to the integration of these composites in full-scale structural members that need to be addressed before broad practical implementations. This article reports the manufacturing and multipurpose experimental characterization of a cement-based matrix (CBM) composite with carbon nanotube (CNT) inclusions and its integration inside a representative structural member. Methodologies based on current–voltage (I–V) curves, direct current (DC), and biphasic direct current (BDC) were used to study and characterize the electric resistance of the CNT/CBM composite. Their self-sensing behavior was studied using a compression test, while electric resistance measures were taken. To evaluate the damage detection capability, a CNT/CBM parallelepiped was embedded into a reinforced-concrete beam (RC beam) and tested under three-point bending. Principal finding includes the validation of the material’s piezoresistivity behavior and its suitability to be used as strain sensor. Also, test results showed that manufactured composites exhibit an Ohmic response. The embedded CNT/CBM material exhibited a dominant linear proportionality between electrical resistance values, load magnitude, and strain changes into the RC beam. Finally, a change in the global stiffness (associated with a damage occurrence on the beam) was successfully self-sensed using the manufactured sensor by means of the variation in the electrical resistance. These results demonstrate the potential of CNT/CBM composites to be used in real-world structural health monitoring (SHM) applications for damage detection by identifying changes in stiffness of the monitored structural member.


2015 ◽  
Vol 754-755 ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Supriyadi ◽  
Stefanus Adi Kristiawan ◽  
Sandy Raditya

This research is aimed to investigate the flexural behaviour of patched reinforced concrete beam with patching material made from unsaturated polyester resin mortar. The variable studied is the dimension of patching zone as compared to the control beam (without patching). Based on the load-deflection observation of the beam under a four-point bending loading, it is confirmed that the flexural behaviour of the patched reinforced concrete beam is similar to that of control beam at a loading up to about peak load. After this load the patched reinforced concrete beam tends to behave more ductile. The patched reinforced concrete beam show less cracking density compared to control concrete.


2013 ◽  
Vol 351-352 ◽  
pp. 743-746
Author(s):  
Soo Yeon Seo ◽  
Yu Gun Chung

This paper presents an analytical result about strength deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC) beams due to damage by fire. For the evaluation of the result, three RC beam specimens were made and two of those were exposed to fire. And then beam test was performed for those including non-heated specimen to evaluate the strength deterioration due to the fire damage under simple support condition. Strength decrease of materials due to the fire was evaluated through material test for concrete and reinforcements, respectively. Nonlinear Finite element (FE) analysis was performed by considering the decrease of materials due to fire. The analysis results showed that the structural behavior of fire-damaged RC beam was able to be simulated by using FE analysis with consideration of the reduction of material capacity due to fire.


2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 911-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Irwan ◽  
R.M. Asyraf ◽  
N. Othman ◽  
H.B. Koh ◽  
A.K. Aeslina ◽  
...  

This paper reports the results on cracking propagation and pattern of reinforced concrete (RC) beam conducted using irregular-shaped Polyethylene Terephthalate (IPET) as a fibre. Three volume fraction of IPET fibre is used namely, 0.5%, 1% and 1.5%. All RC beam specimens are tested under four point loading under flexural capacity behaviour. Prior to structural test, the materials properties which include the compressive and tensile strength test and modulus of elasticity test were determined. The results than are compared with control RC beam. It is found that the RC beam with IPET fibre does not significantly change the behaviour of failure mode, cracking propagation and pattern compared to control RC beam.


2014 ◽  
Vol 567 ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Alam ◽  
Ali Sami Abdul Jabbar ◽  
Mohd Zamin Jumaat ◽  
Kamal Nasharuddin Mustapha

Repair of reinforced concrete beam with externally bonded steel plate or fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) laminate is becoming both environmentally and economically preferable rather than replacement of deficient beam. The well known advantages of external reinforcement over other methods include; low cost, ease of maintenance and the ability to strengthen part of the structure while it is still in use. The disadvantage of this method, however, is the premature debonding of the externally bonded strips which is brittle and undesired mode of failure. It is also known that debonding of the externally bonded steel plates prevents the reinforced concrete (RC) beam from reaching its full strengthening capacity. The aim of this study was to increase the scientific understanding on the behaviour of damaged reinforced concrete beams strengthened and/or retrofitted for shear using vertical steel plate fixed with adhesive and steel connectors to eliminate or delay debonding failure. Four reinforced concrete beam specimens were prepared to investigate the effects of connectors in preventing or delaying premature debonding of shear strips to restore the capacities of fully damaged beams. Three damaged beams have been repaired and strengthened with steel plates and loaded monotonically up to the maximum load capacities in order to define load–deflection relationship. It is concluded that the repairing of severely shear-damaged RC beams with steel plates by using steel and adhesive connectors can fully restore the original shear capacities of the beams.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 3160-3163
Author(s):  
Yong Wei Wang ◽  
Yan Qin Guo ◽  
Hong Xia Li

Based on the test of 7 reinforced concrete beam reinforcement test data comparison analysis shows that only the ordinary reinforced concrete beams with externally bonded CFRP, effectively improve the bearing capacity of members, but due to the lower tensile reserves and the upper compression reserve is relatively insufficient, make a component similar over-reinforced beam brittle failure, its ultimate bearing capacity was significantly lower than the upper part at the same time a laminated layer of the RC beam. Laminated paste CFRP composite reinforced RC beam damage characteristics and common reinforced concrete beam was no essential difference, but the laminated layer thickness reaches to a certain degree, the CFRP can also occur with sudden local cleavage fracture.


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