Retrofitted Effect of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Sheet using Existing Test Data

기존 실험 자료를 이용한 탄소섬유쉬트로 보강된 철근콘크리트의 보강 효과

The objective of this study is to develope a new equation that can predict the flexural capacity in RC beams strengthened with Carbon Fiber Sheets(CFS). To evaluate the influence of each experimental variable, the conducted experimental test data were investigated; the variables that had an effect on the increment of the flexural capacity were the number of plys, the strengthening length, the reinforced type such as U-type after reinforcing the bottom of the beam. The previous equations were compared using the existing experimental test data, then analyzed for the merits and demerits of existing equations, using the coefficient of correlation(R). The proposed equation was derived in such a way that main parameters and their combination were obtained from the analytical study and then their coefficients were determined by regression analysis using the previous test data. As a result, the proposed equation showed the better agreement than the previous equations.