TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavior of full-scale RC T-beams strengthened in shear with externally bonded FRP sheets
AU - Belarbi, Abdeldjelil
AU - Bae, Sang Wook
AU - Brancaccio, Antonio
N1 - Funding Information:
The financial support from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and the National University Transportation Center (NUTC) at the Missouri University of Science and Technology is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Recently many research studies have investigated the shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. However, most were conducted on small-scale specimens. Thus, analytical models and design equations developed from those studies may not predict the actual behavior of large-scale RC beams strengthened with FRPs. In this study, an experimental study was performed on this topic using full-scale RC T-beams in order to understand the behavior of full-scale bridge beams strengthened in shear with FRP. The main parameters investigated in this study were the transverse steel reinforcement ratio and the effect of mechanical anchorage systems.
AB - Recently many research studies have investigated the shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. However, most were conducted on small-scale specimens. Thus, analytical models and design equations developed from those studies may not predict the actual behavior of large-scale RC beams strengthened with FRPs. In this study, an experimental study was performed on this topic using full-scale RC T-beams in order to understand the behavior of full-scale bridge beams strengthened in shear with FRP. The main parameters investigated in this study were the transverse steel reinforcement ratio and the effect of mechanical anchorage systems.
KW - Fiber-reinforced polymers
KW - Reinforced concrete beam
KW - Shear strengthening
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U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.102
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858074061
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 32
SP - 27
EP - 40
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
ER -