Efficiency of flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams by near surface mounted carbon fiber reinforcement polymer rods and externally bonded sheets

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This study investigated the flexural behavior of reinforcement concrete beam strengthened with different techniques.

The purpose of this research to study the various techniques of strengthening and knowing the effect of each technique on the beam behavior.

Ten simply supported beams tested in this study.

The total length of the beams and clear span were 1800mm and 1650mm, respectively.

The cross section was (180×250) mm.

Tested beams were divided into two categories' the first category consist of one beams and considered as reference, while the second category consist of nine beams divided into Two groups according to the Strengthening techniques such as near surface mounted (NSM) and external bonded reinforcement (EBR).

The experimental results showed improvement in ultimate load capacity for strengthened beams ranging from (6 to 89% ) for NSM and (31 to 96% ) for EBR and reduction in deflection for strengthened beams ranging from (6 to 43% ) as compared with reference beam.

When the number and length of CFRP bars are increased, the number of cracks increase while the width of the cracks and the spacing decrease, and the same observation is made when the width of the CFRP sheet is increased.

The experimental load capacities of strengthened beams were compared with the design provisions given by ACI440.2R-17 guideline for NSM and EBR technique and EC2 guideline for EBR technique, the average ratio (1.2 and 0.97) respectively, which showed that reasonable and a good agreement for all strengthened This study investigated the flexural behavior of reinforcement concrete beam strengthened with different techniques.

The purpose of this research to study the various techniques of strengthening and knowing the effect of each technique on the beam behavior.

Ten simply supported beams tested in this study.

The total length of the beams and clear span were 1800mm and 1650mm, respectively.

The cross section was (180×250) mm.

Tested beams were divided into two categories' the first category consist of one beams and considered as reference, while the second category consist of nine beams divided into Two groups according to the Strengthening techniques such as near surface mounted (NSM) and external bonded reinforcement (EBR).

The experimental results showed improvement in ultimate load capacity for strengthened beams ranging from (6 to 89% ) for NSM and (31 to 96% ) for EBR and reduction in deflection for strengthened beams ranging from (6 to 43% ) as compared with reference beam.

When the number and length of CFRP bars are increased, the number of cracks increase while the width of the cracks and the spacing decrease, and the same observation is made when the width of the CFRP sheet is increased.

The experimental load capacities of strengthened beams were compared with the design provisions given by ACI440.2R-17 guideline for NSM and EBR technique and EC2 guideline for EBR technique, the average ratio (1.2 and 0.97) respectively, which showed that reasonable and a good agreement for all strengthened beams.