Koutas, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-6910 and Bournas, D. (2016) Flexural Strengthening of Two-Way RC Slabs with Textile-Reinforced Mortar: Experimental Investigation and Design Equations. Journal of Composites for Construction. ISSN 1090-0268
Abstract
The application of textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) as a means of increasing the flexural capacity of two-way reinforced concrete (RC) slabs is experimentally investigated in this study. The parameters examined include the number of TRM layers, the strengthening configuration, the textile fibers material (carbon versus glass), and the role of initial cracking in the slab. For this purpose six largescale RC slabs were built and tested to failure under monotonic loading distributed at four points. It is concluded that TRM increases substantially the precracking stiffness, the cracking load, the postcracking stiffness, and eventually the flexural capacity of two-way RC slabs, whereas the strengthening configuration plays an important role in the effectiveness of the technique. Simple design equations that provide good estimation of the experimental flexural moment of resistance are proposed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 ASCE. This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Flexural strengthening; FRCM; Reinforced concrete; Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM); Two-way slabs |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2016 15:33 |
Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2016 15:36 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.00007... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000713 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101221 |
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