Shear Strengthening of RC T-Beams Using Mechanically Anchored Unbonded Dry Carbon Fiber Sheets
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24, Issue 1
Abstract
This research studies the feasibility and effectiveness of a new method of strengthening existing RC T-beams in shear by using mechanically anchored unbonded dry carbon fiber (CF) sheets. This method eliminates the debonding of epoxy-bonded carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets and utilizes the full capacity of dry CF sheets. In this method, dry CF sheets are wrapped around and bonded to two steel rods. Then the rods are anchored to the corners of the web-flange intersection of the T-beam with mechanical bolts. This makes a U-shaped dry CF jacket around the web which increases the shear strength of the T-beam using the privilege of higher tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of dry CF compared to composite CFRP. A total of three RC T-beams with shear span-to-depth ratio of 2.0 were tested under increasing monotonic load till failure. The pilot tests were done as a proof-of-concept of the effectiveness of the proposed method in increasing the shear capacity of the RC T-beams. The first T-beam, which was tested as the control beam, failed in shear. The second beam was strengthened by using a U-shaped CFRP sheet that was externally bonded to the web of the beam in the shear zones. The third beam was strengthened by using anchored U-shaped dry CF sheet. The test results showed that the beam strengthened by the new mechanically anchored dry CF had about 48% increase in shear capacity as compared to the control beam and 16% increase in shear capacity as compared to the beam strengthened by CFRP epoxy-bonding method.
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The financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through an operating grant is gratefully acknowledged.UNSPECIFIED
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24 • Issue 1 • February 2010
Pages: 31 - 39
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Received: Oct 27, 2008
Accepted: Jun 9, 2009
Published online: Jun 25, 2009
Published in print: Feb 2010
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