Mechanical Steel Stitches: An innovative approach for strengthening shear deficiency in undamaged reinforced concrete beams

C Aksoylu, YO Özkılıç, MH Arslan - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, reinforced concrete beams with insufficient shear capacity were strengthened
on both sides of the beam along the shear openings by a novel approach: Mechanical Steel …

Strengthening of shear-critical reinforced concrete T-beams with anchored and non-anchored GFRP fabrics applications

SAH AL-Shalif, A Akın, C Aksoylu, MH Arslan - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the behavioral changes of reinforced concrete T-beams with insufficient shear
strength under vertical loads as a result of strengthening with glass fiber reinforced polymer …

The flexural response of RC beams strengthened by EB/NSM techniques using FRP and metal materials: a state-of-the-art review

FA Megahed, MH Seleem, AAM Badawy… - Innovative Infrastructure …, 2023 - Springer
Reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened in flexure using externally bonded (EB) or
near-surface mounted (NSM) fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) and metals have gained …

Flexural behavior of pre-damaged and repaired reinforced concrete beams with carbon fiber reinforced polymer grid and engineered cementitious composite

Y Yan, Y Lu, Q Zhao, S Li - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the flexural behavior of pre-damaged reinforced concrete (RC) beams repaired
with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) grids and engineered cementitious composite …

Effect of the strengthening patterns on the flexural performance of RC continuous beams using FRP reinforcements

M Abdallah, F Al Mahmoud, N Khalil, A Khelil - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Statically indeterminate RC elements such as continuous beams are the most widely used
structural form. Their flexural behavior and failure modes are considerably different from …

Efficiency of EB CFRP composites for flexural strengthening of continuous RC beams: A comparative study with NSM CFRP rods

M Abdallah, F Al Mahmoud, A Khelil, J Mercier - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study of the use of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer
(CFRP) composites to strengthen two-span reinforced concrete (RC) beams. Six large-scale …

Effect of the NSM material and area on the flexural response of normal strength concrete beams internally reinforced with GFRP and steel bars

IA Sharaky, A Abdo, S Ahmed - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Strengthening the steel-reinforced concrete (RC) beams by fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)
elements have become common several years ago. Recently, the RC beams internally …

Behaviour of continuous steel–concrete composite beams strengthened with CFRP sheets at hogging-moment region

X Liu, L Tang, Y Jing, J Xiang, X Tian, W Liu… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the use of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials for strengthening
reinforced concrete structures and steel structures is well established, relatively few works …

Analysis of acoustic emission parameters of steel plate reinforcement effect on shearing zone of ECC-NC composite beams

S Li, J Hou, P Guo, X Zhang, P Zhang - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The reinforcement effect evaluation of cement composite (ECC) normal concrete (NC)
composite beams in steel plate reinforcement engineering has always been a difficulty in …

An investigation of inorganic fillers on rheological properties and tensile strength of epoxy repair coating using mixture design method

J Tang, Y Bai, X Chen - Construction and building materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In the process of repairing concrete structures with epoxy coatings, fillers are added for
modification so that the coating has sagging resistance and good mechanical properties …