Effect of Partial Unbonding on Prestressed Near-Surface-Mounted CFRP-Strengthened Concrete T-Beams
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 15, Issue 1
Abstract
The flexural behavior of RC T-beams strengthened with prestressed near-surface-mounted (NSM) carbon fiber-reinforced-polymer (CFRP) reinforcement was investigated. The specific objective was to study the effect of partial unbonding of the CFRP reinforcement on the beam flexural behavior to increase the deformability. A total of eight RC T-beams were tested under four-point monotonic loading. The main variables were the level of prestressing force in the CFRP bars and the unbonded length at the midspan of the beam. The test results showed that all of the prestressed strengthened beams effectively improved the ultimate load-carrying capacity and the serviceability performance compared to the unstrengthened beam. The partially bonded prestressed beams exhibited an enhancement of the deformability compared to the fully bonded beams while minimizing the reduction of the load-carrying capacity. Partial unbonding was more effective to improve the deformability at higher levels of prestressing force. The general behavior of the partially bonded beams was reasonably well predicted by an analytical model developed previously by the writers.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to express their gratitude to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for its financial support and to the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program.
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 15 • Issue 1 • February 2011
Pages: 93 - 102
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Received: Dec 10, 2009
Accepted: Jun 11, 2010
Published online: Jun 15, 2010
Published in print: Feb 2011
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