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Cyclic Response of Prestressed Concrete Beams Retrofitted With Precured Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites

The document summarizes a study that investigated the cyclic response of post-tensioned prestressed concrete beams retrofitted with precured fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plates with different orientations and thicknesses. The experimental results showed that beams retrofitted with unidirectional glass FRP plates attained the highest increase in ultimate load capacity and deformation capacity. However, the stiffness of the beams greatly reduced as the load increased until failure. The retrofitted beams also sustained more loading cycles than the control beams. Upon failure, the retrofitted beams exhibited delamination and rupture of the glass fibers.

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Cyclic Response of Prestressed Concrete Beams Retrofitted With Precured Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites

The document summarizes a study that investigated the cyclic response of post-tensioned prestressed concrete beams retrofitted with precured fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plates with different orientations and thicknesses. The experimental results showed that beams retrofitted with unidirectional glass FRP plates attained the highest increase in ultimate load capacity and deformation capacity. However, the stiffness of the beams greatly reduced as the load increased until failure. The retrofitted beams also sustained more loading cycles than the control beams. Upon failure, the retrofitted beams exhibited delamination and rupture of the glass fibers.

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ASIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (BHRC) VOL. 18, NO.

5(2017)
PAGES 777-790

CYCLIC RESPONSE OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS


RETROFITTED WITH PRECURED FIBRE REINFORCED
POLYMER COMPOSITES

J. Revathy and C.K. Vignesh


Department of Civil Engineering, B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Tamil Nadu, India

Received: 20 September 2016; Accepted: 10 January 2017

ABSTRACT

The study herein presents the investigation on the cyclic response of post-tensioned
prestressed concrete beam retrofitted with precured fibre reinforced polymer plates with
different orientations and thicknesses. The load carrying capacity and deformation capacity
of the precured glass fibre reinforced polymer plates were evaluated. The experimental
results revealed that the prestressed concrete beams retrofitted with unidirectional glass fibre
reinforced polymer plates attained a maximum increase in ultimate load. The stiffness has
greatly reduced in post-tensioned prestressed concrete beam as the load progresses till the
failure of beams. The retrofitted prestressed concrete beam sustained more number of cycles
than the control prestressed concrete beam. The prestressed concrete beams retrofitted with
fibre reinforced polymer showed a delamination and rupture of glass fibres.

Keywords: Cyclic response; fibre reinforced polymer; orientation; prestressed concrete


beam; post-tensioned; precured.

1. INTRODUCTION

Post-tensioning system is found to be an advanced technology that provides the structure


more efficient, economic and elegant structural solutions for a wide range of applications.
Due to vehicular repeated loading on bridges, overloading on structural members etc., are
subjected to varying loadings which causes damages to structural members. This tends to
decrease the load carrying capacity and stiffness of the structural members. Hence it is
required to strengthen and restore to meet these load demands. The traditional strengthening
such as plate bonding [1] and repair techniques could eventually lead to a very serious
consequence in terms of increase in maintenance cost and difficulties with handling and
installation. Hence, there is a growing need for more economical and efficient retrofitting
techniques. Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) has recently come into play due to its

E-mail address of the corresponding author: [email protected] (J. Revathy)

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