This paper presents a study of the shear capacity reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened in with externally bonded (EB) fiber polymer (FRP) composites, based on performance existing published tests. The main objective this is to create comprehensive overview different strengthening configurations and failure modes observed experimental In addition, influence following parameters efficiency...

. This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on shear strength enhancement of reinforced concrete deep beams externally reinforced with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. A total of six deep beam specimens of two different classes, as-built (unstrengthened) and retrofitted were tested in the experimental evaluation program. Two composite systems namely carbon/epoxy...

Metallic beams can be strengthened using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) plates that are adhesively bonded to their soffit. This relies critically upon the adhesive joint, and because adhesives viscoelastic it is known creep at warm services temperatures potentially result in large slips reduce effectiveness of strengthening. paper examines impact performance an FRP-strengthened metallic beam wh...

It is an effective way to improve the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) members by externally bonded carbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP) laminates on the soffit of the members. However, there is little investigation on flexural performance of RC beam flexurally strengthened by side-bonded FRP laminates. To investigate the flexural behavior of RC beams side-bonded CFRP laminate...

The use of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) for reinforcement of aging and deteriorating concrete members has emerged as a viable and cost effective alternative to traditional repair and strengthening techniques to upgrade deficient structures to meet today’s design standards (Crasto et al., 1996; Myers et al., 2000). The load carrying ability of structures such as beams and columns can be enhan...

The global tendency to apply sustainable criteria in most of the productive fields and the limited durability and the pathologies that reinforced concrete elements suffer are aspects that explain the increasing necessity of strengthening this type of structures. The evolution of strengthening techniques has consisted in the development of new technologies that ease the application of the soluti...