Experimental comparison of reinforced concrete beams strengthened against bending with different types of cementitious-matrix composite materials

C Escrig, L Gil, E Bernat-Maso - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
… reinforcement on RC beams cast with high-strength concrete has been … concrete beams
flexurally strengthened with various types of FRCM. To fulfil this aim, 11 RC full-scale beams

Effectiveness of fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix in strengthening reinforced concrete beams

U Ebead, KC Shrestha, MS Afzal… - Journal of Composites …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
… -reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) in enhancing the flexural capacity and deformational
characteristics of RC beams. In the main experimental part of the paper, 12 RC beams, …

Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix: A promising strengthening technique for concrete structures

O Awani, T El-Maaddawy, N Ismail - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
… The specimen with ordinary cementitious mortar failed by end-… concrete substrate, and
hence, improved the beam ductility, compared with those made of ordinary cementitious mortar. …

Strengthening of reinforced-concrete beams in shear with a fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix

ZR Aljazaeri, JJ Myers - Journal of Composites for Construction, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
concrete beams strengthened in shear using an externally applied fiber-reinforced cementitious
matrix … polyparaphenylene benzobisoxazole fiber-reinforced cementitious mortar (PBO-…

Fatigue and flexural behavior of reinforced-concrete beams strengthened with fiber-reinforced cementitious matrix

ZR Aljazaeri, JJ Myers - Journal of Composites for Construction, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
cementitious matrix. The structural reinforcement mesh consists of a polyparaphenylene
benzobisoxazole (or PBO) fiber composite, while the cementitious matrixconcrete (RC) beams

Numerical simulation and experimental testing of concrete beams strengthened in shear with fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix

O Awani, T El-Maaddawy, A El Refai - Journal of Composites for …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
… of the concrete side covers without debonding at the concretematrix or fabric–matrix
the FRCM/FRP and concrete surface and at the fabric–matrix interface. Loading was induced …

Flexural response of reinforced concrete continuous beams strengthened with fiber-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM)

A Mandor, A El Refai - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
… This paper reports on the efficiency of fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) … reinforced
concrete (RC) beams. The experimental program consisted of eight two-span RC beams

Flexural strengthening of RC beams with an externally bonded fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix

S Babaeidarabad, G Loreto, A Nanni - Journal of Composites for …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
… The test outcomes present a clear and consistent pattern where low-strength concrete and
high-strength concrete beams show comparable trends. The load-deflection curves present …

Continuous reinforced concrete beams strengthened with fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix: experimental investigation and numerical simulation

N Khattak, M Mansour, T El-Maaddawy, N Ismail - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to examine the nonlinear flexural behavior of continuous RC beam specimens
strengthened with fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites through …

Flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using hybrid near-surface embedded/externally bonded fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix

HE El-Sherif, TG Wakjira, U Ebead - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
cementitious matrix (FRCM) for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams
was … were conducted on eight RC beams: 6 strengthened and two reference beams. The test …