Shear Strengthening of RC Beams with U-Wrapped FRCM Composites: State of the Art and Assessment of Available Analytical Models

V Bertolli, LH Sneed, F Focacci… - Journal of Composites for …, 2025 - ascelibrary.org
Shear strengthening of existing reinforced concrete (RC) members with externally bonded
(EB) fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites represents an attractive …

Mechanical Properties and Durability of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC)—A Review

C Wu, Y Pan, L Yan - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is an innovative structure type of reinforced concrete in
which the conventional steel reinforcement is replaced with fibre textile materials. The thin …

[HTML][HTML] Semi-analytical mechanical model for FRCM-to-substrate shear bond tests

G Milani - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The debonding process of an FRCM reinforcing system from the substrate is studied in a
semi-analytical fashion. FRCM is modeled considering independently the central elastic …

Experimental study on the bond behavior of CFRP-grid-reinforced ECC and NC interface

F Wu, Y Ma, S Lei, S Liu, L He, J Liao, F Yang - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) grid-reinforced engineering cementitious
composites (CFRPG-ECC) have been widely used in structural strengthening engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Debonding sawtooth analytical model and FE implementation with in-house experimental validation for SRG-strengthened joints subjected to direct shear

N Pingaro, AS Calabrese, G Milani, C Poggi - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel and simple analytical debonding model for Steel Reinforce Grout (SRG)-
strengthened specimens subjected to direct shear tests is proposed. All the nonlinearity is …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior of reinforced concrete ring beams strengthened with sustainable materials

AA Hamoda, BA Eltaly, M Ghalla, QQ Liang - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Reinforced Concrete Ring Beams (RCRBs) have been used in Reinforced
Concrete (RC) buildings, tanks, and roof shell structures, such as domes and cones. The …

[HTML][HTML] Bond assessment between rebars embedded into a parent material using a single-function bond-slip model

HC Biscaia, N Carmo - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The pull-out test is usually used to evaluate the local bond behaviour between a rebar such
as a ribbed steel rebar or a Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) and a parent material, like …

Experimental and numerical analysis of CFRP-concrete joint bond behavior after exposure to wet-dry cycles

K Al-Lami, P Colombi, T D'Antino - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been largely used for strengthening and
retrofitting reinforced concrete members in the last few decades. However, limited …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of severe thermal preconditioning on the bond between carbon FRCM and masonry substrate: Effect of textile pre-impregnation

V Bertolli, C Signorini, A Nobili, T D'Antino - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites often include polymer-
impregnated bundles to improve the exploitation of the textile mechanical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Discrete modelling of externally bonded composite layers on masonry structures

F Cannizzaro, B Pantò, S Caddemi, I Caliò - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The safeguard of existing masonry structures requires the adoption of structural retrofitting
strategies able to preserve the architectural value of the construction. Numerous …