Behavior of Strengthened RC Beams with CFRP Sheets under Combined Bending and Torsion

Abstract:

The experimental investigations were carried out to study the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by CFRP sheets under different loading conditions (pure bending, combined bending and torsion and pure torsion). The experimental work included testing twenty RC beams of the rectangular cross-section of dimensions of 160×240 mm and of 2600 mm length with an area of the ordinary reinforcement being kept constant for all beams. Two parameters were taken into consideration (Twisting to bending moment ratio (T/M) and CFRP strengthening pattern). The tested beams are divided into five groups. Each group consists of four beams; the first beam is without CFRP strengthening, the other three are strengthened with CFRP sheets of different arrangements (U-stirrups, U-stirrups and longitudinal CFRP sheets in the bottom and Full U- stirrups wrapping). Each beam is loaded to a different loading conditions (pure bending, T/M = 0.5, T/M = 1.0, T/M = 2.0 and pure torsion). The CFRP sheets were attached externally to the beam. Test results were analyzed based on the influence of CFRP on the ultimate load, vertical mid-span deflection and failure modes. In the experimental work, it was found that all strengthening patterns of CFRP sheets exhibited a significant increase in ultimate strength. This increase reached up to 78.9% for tested beams, when the beam strengthened in the form of full U- stirrups wrapping pattern for T/M = 0.5. In this study, it is observed that the use of external CFRP sheets attached to the tension sides of beams (U-stirrups and longitudinal CFRP in the bottom) could enhance the ultimate load capacity by 32.7% over the capacity of the unstrengthen control beam for T/M = 1.0.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 857)
• Pages: 109-119
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.857.109
• Online since: August 2020
• Authors: Abdul Muttalib I. Said, Qais H. Al-Shemmari*
• Keywords: CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer), Combined Load, RC Beam, Torsion

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