In this paper, an experimental and theoretical study on the shear behavior of rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by CFRP grid with epoxy mortar was investigated. Based test parameters including reinforcement ratio grid, span-to-effective depth strength, six beam specimens were prepared carried out to reveal their strengthening mechanism performance improvement. addition, a ...

 Externally Bonded Reinforcement on Grooves (EBROG) is a new method that has been introduced to postpone or eliminate debonding of FRP sheets from concrete surface in concrete beams strengthened for flexure and increase loading capacity. For strengthening reinforced conceret beams in strructure, use of different types of FRP like: laminate, AFRP, CFRP, and GFRP. By there is some differences bet...

The interlaminar shear response is studied for carbon nanofiber (CNF) modified out-of-autoclave-vacuum-bag-only (OOA-VBO) carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). Commercial OOA-VBO prepregs were coated with a CNF modified epoxy solution and a control epoxy solution without CNF to make CNF modified samples and control samples, respectively. Tensile testing was used to study the in-plane shear pe...

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) laminates are being successfully used for strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures. Bond of the FRP reinforcement to the concrete substrate is of critical importance for the effectiveness of the technique. In this project, flexural test specimens were prepared to address some of the factors expected to affect bond, namely, bonded length, concrete s...

In recent years application of CFRP sheets in the strengthening of the concrete circular column has increased numerously. Knowing the exact behavior of concrete cylindrical columns confined with CFRP is of the first order of importance. ISIS Code of Canada has given relations for strength increase of circular columns confined with CFRP sheets, these relations are defined for a specified range o...

The two Non-Destructive Evaluation [ NDE ] techniques viz., Air Coupled Ultrasonic [ACU ] and Pulsed Thermography [PT ] find many applications in aerospace industry . These NDE techniques can be used for debond detection in spacecraft structural components like honeycomb sandwich deck plates, shear web panels and central cylinder made of aluminum core and composite face sheets. The Air coupled ...

The application of external post-tensioned steel bars as an effective way to strengthen an existing bridge has been so far used in many different countries. In recent decades, however, they have been replaced by bars made from Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), as a material with high tensile strength and corrosion resistance, to address several concerns with steel bars such as their appli...

This article presents results of an investigation that focuses on assessing bondline strength carbon/epoxy fiber reinforced polymeric (CFRP) precured strips embedded in concrete for near-surface-mounting (NSM) strengthening applications. In this study, experimental evaluation and nonlinear numerical analysis CFRP/concrete interfacial bond behavior are investigated. 15 pull-out tests were perfor...

externally bonded reinforcement on grooves (ebrog) is a new method that has been introduced to postpone or eliminate debonding of frp sheets from concrete surface in concrete beams strengthened for flexure and increase loading capacity. for strengthening reinforced conceret beams in strructure, use of different types of frp like: laminate, afrp, cfrp, and gfrp. by there is some differences betw...

The fire resistance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with externally bonded reinforcement carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (EBR CFRP) depends on the load level and degree strengthening. Design guides for this type structure recommend strengthening limits to prevent collapse due vandalism, damage or fire. In practice, however, it is not uncommon exceed proposed limits. This necessi...