Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates

A Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Ahmad S. D. Salama entitled, "Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates," submitted in April 2016. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rami Hawileh and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Jamal A. Abdalla. Soft...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Salama, Ahmad S. D. (author)
التنسيق: doctoralThesis
منشور في: 2016
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Abdalla, Jamal
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reinforced concrete
beams
FRP sheets
CFRP
external reinforcement
Carbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP)
Concrete beams
Testing
Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics
Structural engineering
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description A Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Ahmad S. D. Salama entitled, "Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates," submitted in April 2016. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rami Hawileh and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Jamal A. Abdalla. Soft and hard copy available.
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spelling Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP LaminatesSalama, Ahmad S. D.flexural strengtheningreinforced concretebeamsFRP sheetsCFRPexternal reinforcementCarbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP)Concrete beamsTestingCarbon fiber-reinforced plasticsStructural engineeringA Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Ahmad S. D. Salama entitled, "Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates," submitted in April 2016. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rami Hawileh and thesis co-advisor is Dr. Jamal A. Abdalla. Soft and hard copy available.Carbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP) composite sheets and plates are widely used nowadays in civil engineering applications to externally strengthen structural concrete elements against deficiencies in flexure and shear. These deficiencies could be due to an increase in loading, earthquake damage, or even design and/or construction defects. The current state of the art technique used in flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams is the externally bonding of CFRP sheets or plates to the beam's tensile bottom surface (soffit). However, the beam's soffit may be obstructed and not always readily accessible for strengthening. Only the beam's sides that may be exposed become the only accessible area for strengthening using side-bonded CFRP sheets or plates. As a result, this study aims to evaluate the performance of RC beams externally strengthened in flexure with side-bonded CFRP composite sheets. Accordingly, a total of 25 beams has been cast and strengthened in flexure with different configurations of side-bonded CFRP sheets. The strengthening scheme, amount of steel and CFRP reinforcement were varied to examine their effect on the flexural strength and ductility of RC beams. The flexural strength and load-deflection response curves of the tested specimens were also predicted using the ACI 440.2R-08 design guidelines. The predicted results were in good agreement with the experimental results. It was concluded that the side-bonded strengthening scheme is less efficient than that of the conventional soffit-bonded one; however, it is a viable solution when the beam's soffit is not accessible for strengthening. The debonding mechanism of the side-bonded specimens justifies the efficiency reduction in this technique, since the stress distribution is not uniform along the CFRP sheets as in the soffit-bonded ones. However, as the reinforcement ratio increases, the performance of both strengthening schemes exhibit similar performance.College of EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringMaster of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)Hawileh, RamiAbdalla, Jamal2016-06-19T06:46:54Z2016-06-19T06:46:54Z2016-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdfapplication/pdf35.232-2016.27http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8340en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/83402025-06-26T12:22:09Z
spellingShingle Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
Salama, Ahmad S. D.
flexural strengthening
reinforced concrete
beams
FRP sheets
CFRP
external reinforcement
Carbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP)
Concrete beams
Testing
Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics
Structural engineering
status_str publishedVersion
title Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
title_full Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
title_fullStr Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
title_full_unstemmed Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
title_short Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
title_sort Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Externally Side-Bonded CFRP Laminates
topic flexural strengthening
reinforced concrete
beams
FRP sheets
CFRP
external reinforcement
Carbon fiber reinforcement polymer (CFRP)
Concrete beams
Testing
Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics
Structural engineering
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8340