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EXPERMENTAL STUDY ON RC BEAMS USING STAY-IN-PLACE GFRP FORMS

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2022

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RC beams
strengthening
GFRP
Stay-in-place forms
flexure behavior
EXPERMENTAL STUDY ON RC BEAMS USING STAY-IN-PLACE GFRP FORMS
ICASGE'21
Reinforced Concrete Structures (RCS)

Abstract

Stay-In-place (SIP) formworks are considered as a novel construction technology. This paper presents an experimental study on conventional reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by using SIP Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) forms. The experimental test program includes twelve specimens of RC beams without and with strengthening by SIP GFRP forms. Specimens were prepared and classified into four groups. The first group contains three RC solid beams without strengthening, and the second group contains three specimens of RC hollow beams without strengthening. The third group contains three specimens of RC hollow beams strengthened by using SIP GFRP forms. The fourth group contains three specimens of RC hollow beams strengthened by SIP GFRP forms as well as by additional three GFRP sheets at the tension side of the beam. The studied parameters include the ratio of main reinforcement, presence of hollow PVC tube, using SIP forms and the additional strengthening by using GFRP sheets. All specimens were loaded by four-point bending test until failure. For comparative study, the test results recorded the crack patterns, cracking and ultimate failure loads, mode of failure and load-deflection curves. The experimental results showed a significant improvement in the flexure behavior of RC beams using SIP GFRP forms compared with the corresponding reference beams without strengthening.

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Reinforced Concrete Structures (RCS)

Keywords

RC beams, strengthening, GFRP, Stay-in-place forms, flexure behavior

Authors

First Name

Boseen

Last Name

Ramadan

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Dept. Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tanta, Egypt

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14 Jun 2021

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https://icasge21.conferences.ekb.eg/article_1038.html

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Conference

Publication Title

ICASGE'21

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https://icasge21.conferences.ekb.eg/

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Article

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en

Created At

13 Dec 2022