• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.845-865
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• 2022

In this study, the performance of shear deficient reinforced concrete (RC) beams with rectangular cross-sections, which were externally bonded reinforced (EBR) with high strength CFRP and GFRP strips composite along shear spans, has been experimentally and analytically investigated under vertical load. In the study, the minimum CFRP and GFRP strips width over spacing were considered. The shear beam with turned end to a bending beam was investigated by applying different composite strips. Therefore various arising in each of strength, ductility, rigidity, and energy dissipation capacity were obtained. A total of 12 small-scaled experimental programs have been performed. Beam dimensions have been taken as 100×150×1000 mm. Four beams have been tested as unstrengthened samples. This paper focuses on the effect of minimum CFRP and GFRP strip width on behaviours of RC beams shear-strengthened with full-wrapping, U-wrapping, and U-wrapping+longitudinal bonding strips. Strengthened beams showed significant increments for flexural ductility, energy dissipation, and inelastic performance. The full wrapping strips applied against shear failure have increased the load-carrying capacity of samples 53%-63% interval rate. Although full wrapping is the best strengthening choice, the U-wrapping and U-wrapping+longitudinal strips of both CFRP and GFRP bonding increased the shear capacity by 53%~75% compared to the S2 sample. In terms of ductility, the best result has been obtained by the type of strengthening where the S5 beam was completely GFRP wrapped. The experimental results were also compared with the analytically given by ACI440.2R-17, TBEC-2019 and FIB-2001. Especially in U-wrapped beams, the estimation of FIB was determined to be 81%. The estimates of the other codes are far from meeting the experimental results; therefore, essential improvements should be applied to the codes, especially regarding CFRP and GFRP deformation and approaches for longitudinal strip connections. According to the test results, it is suggested that GFRP, which is at least as effective but cheaper than CFRP, may be preferred for strengthening applications.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 RC 구조물의 보수 보강 공사에 적용되는 FRP 복합체의 역학적 특성치를 평가하기 위하여 각국에서 제안된 시험규격을 비교 분석하고, 시험편 형상 및 시험방법의 차이가 재료성능에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험적 검증을 통하여 표준화된 시험방법 및 평가기준을 도출하고자 하였다. 주 실험변수는 FRP 복합체의 종류, 시험편의 폭, 보강매수 및 가력속도로 설정하였다. 본 시험결과에 의하면, 최대 인장강도와 최소변동계수를 나타내는 인장 시험편의 폭은 FRP의 종류/직조방법에 따라 다르게 나타났으며, 특히 적층형으로 시공되는 FRP 복합체는 보강매수에 따른 인장강도의 저하현상이 관측되므로, 이를 적절히 고려할 수 있는 평가기준의 설정이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.