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Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) versus fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) in flexural strengthening of RC beams

Raoof, Saad M.; Koutas, Lampros N.; Bournas, Dionysios A.

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Saad M. Raoof

Lampros N. Koutas

Dionysios A. Bournas



Abstract

The aim of this paper is to compare the flexural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) and fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP). The investigated parameters included the strengthening material, namely TRM or FRP; the number of TRM/FRP layers; the textile surface condition (coated and uncoated); the textile fibre material (carbon, coated basalt or glass fibres); and the end-anchorage system of the external reinforcement. Thirteen RC beams were fabricated, strengthened and tested in four-point bending. One beam served as control specimen, seven beams strengthened with TRM, and five with FRP. It was mainly found that: (a) TRM was generally inferior to FRP in enhancing the flexural capacity of RC beams, with the effectiveness ratio between the two systems varying from 0.46 to 0.80, depending on the parameters examined, (b) by tripling the number of TRM layers (from one to three), the TRM versus FRP effectiveness ratio was almost doubled, (c) providing coating to the dry textile enhanced the TRM effectiveness and altered the failure mode; (d) different textile materials, having approximately same axial stiffness, resulted in different flexural capacity increases; and (e) providing end-anchorage had a limited effect on the performance of TRM-retrofitted beams. Finally, a simple formula proposed by fib Model Code 2010 for FRP reinforcement was used to predict the mean debonding stress developed in the TRM reinforcement. It was found that this formula is in a good agreement with the average stress calculated based on the experimental results when failure was similar to FRP-strengthened beams.

Citation

Raoof, S. M., Koutas, L. N., & Bournas, D. A. (2017). Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) versus fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) in flexural strengthening of RC beams. Construction and Building Materials, 151, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.05.023

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 5, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 23, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Construction and Building Materials
Print ISSN 0950-0618
Electronic ISSN 1879-0526
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 151
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.05.023
Keywords Basalt fibres; Carbon fibres; Flexure; Glass fibres; Reinforced concrete; Strengthening; Textile reinforced mortar; TRM
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/885327
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095006181730908X

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