Experimental study on flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete structures with carbon reinforced concrete

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Abstract

Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) and carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) or Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) can be applied for the construction of new buildings as well as for the strengthening of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures respectively. This paper introduces the flexural strengthening of existing RC structures with TRC considering new and modified carbon grids. In the past, several studies have already been carried out on flexural strengthening of RC structures with TRC. However, in the last few years, modified and improved carbon grids were developed and produced. Those grids show higher tensile strengths and a deviant bond behaviour compared to previous used textile grids. The improvement of the carbon grids influences the flexural behaviour of strengthened RC structures as well when compared to the results of flexural strengthenings with coated textile grids that were developed a few years ago. Large-scale tests will show the improved performance of carbon reinforced concrete with new carbon grids. Furthermore, different parameters of the flexural strengthening with carbon reinforced concrete will be shown. For example, the influence of different carbon grids on the load-carrying behaviour of the large-scale tests will be investigated. This paper proves the potential of carbon reinforced concrete with new carbon grids for the flexural strengthening with less strengthening thicknesses.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the fib Symposium 2019: Concrete - Innovations in Materials, Design and Structures
EditorsWit Derkowski, Piotr Gwozdziewicz, Lukasz Hojdys, Piotr Krajewski, Marek Pantak
Publisherfib. The International Federation for Structural Concrete
Pages1539-1546
Number of pages8
ISBN (print)9782940643004
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

Seriesfib Symposium 2019
ISSN2617-4820

Conference

Titlefib Symposium 2019
SubtitleConcrete - Innovations in Materials, Design and Structures
Duration27 - 29 May 2019
LocationBest Western Premier Kraków Hotel
CityKraków
CountryPoland

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1596-7164/work/142255612

Keywords

Keywords

  • Carbon grids, Carbon reinforced concrete (CRC), Experimental study, Strengthening, Textile reinforced concrete (TRC)