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FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF STRENGTHENED RC BEAMS USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Yasser R. Tawfic Asst. Prof. in Civil Engineering Dept., Minia University, Minia, Egypt

ABSTRACT This research work is an experimental study investigates the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with various materials and techniques. The experimental program consists of eight reinforced concrete beams having a rectangular cross-section. One beam was subjected to flexural stresses up to failure to serve as a control beam. The remaining seven reinforced concrete beams were preloaded until cracking and then repaired and strengthened. The strengthened beams were reloaded under two-point loads until failure happened. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets (CFRP), glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets (GFRP), steel plates (SP), or combinations between the previous mentioned materials were used to make the flexural repairing and strengthening for the cracked RC beams. One of the main objectives of this research is to investigate the flexural properties of beams strengthened with both steel plates and fiber reinforced polymers. Generally, strengthening of RC beams resulted in higher values of yield and ultimate loads as well as increases the stiffness of the strengthened beams. However, the ductility of the strengthened beams was decreased. Key words: Carbon Fiber, Glass Fiber, Repair, Steel Plates, Strengthening. 1. INTRODUCTION

Large numbers of buildings and infrastructures around the world are facing serious deterioration due to carbonation, chloride attack, earthquakes and due to overloading such as the increase of the number and weight of trucks on old bridges. Repair and strengthening is essential task to upgrade the deteriorated reinforced concrete structures so that it can withstand the applied loads and stresses having reasonable factors of safety. Different methods and techniques of repair and strengthening of RC structures are available, such as concrete jacketing, external pre-stressing, sprayed concrete and repairing by attaching steel sections or fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) to the concrete elements.
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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME Many experimental and theoretical researches were conducted to investigate the flexural behavior of the strengthened RC elements. Mohd Z. Jumaat et al. (2007) conducted experimental study by strengthening RC beams and they concluded that the uses of steel plates or FRP laminates are preferable to increase the flexural strength of the strengthened RC beams. They also reported that, the FRP laminate is more effective in increasing the flexural capacity of RC beams when compared to the steel plates. Liu et al. (2006) showed that beams retrofitted with near surface mounted steel plates reached a strain of 0.042 at ultimate load compared to 0.014 strains for beams retrofitted with CFRP plates. Test results showed that RC beams strengthened with steel plates have higher values of ductility when compared with the beams strengthened with FRP laminates. Bencardino F. et al (2002) mentioned that, the deformation of RC beams strengthened with externally bonded fabrics is very similar to that of beams strengthened with laminates. Increasing failure loads of the strengthened beams were accompanied by a reduction for the final deflection and curvature. Bencardino reported that, test results showed conclusive evidence that strengthening with externally bonded fabrics results in significant losses in the structural ductility of the strengthened beams. Structural ductility is shown to depend not only on the type and amount of external reinforcement but also, equally importantly, on the anchorage systems used and the concrete strength and reinforcement details of the un-strengthened beam. This research work is an experimental work was conducted to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of repair and strengthening of RC beams using different materials such as CFRP, GFRP, SP, or combinations between the previous mentioned materials. One of the main objectives of this research is to define the strength and ductility of RC beams strengthened with combinations of SP and CFRP or GFRP. 2. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION An experimental program consists of eight reinforced concrete beams having a rectangular cross section (120 x 250 mm). Two high tensile steel bars (diameter 10 mm) were used as tensile reinforcements and two (10 mm diameter) steel bars were used as stirrups hangers. The stirrups were 5 8/m of mild steel type. These beams were tested using Universal test machine (Shimadzu-1000 KN) under flexural loading of simply supported with two point static load over a 1400 mm span, see Fig. (1). Beam (B1) was loaded until failure occurs to serve as a reference beam. The remaining seven beams were initially loaded until the cracking occurred. The cracked beams were rehabilitated using carbon reinforced polymers (CFRP), glass reinforced polymers (GFRP), steel plates (SP), or combinations between the steel plates and the fiber reinforced polymers as shown in table (1). The strengthened beams were loaded until complete failure happened. The effect of the different methods of rehabilitation on the deformation characteristics including the ductility, deflection and strain as well as the failure loads were identified and discussed. The pattern of cracks and modes of failure were also detected and illustrated.

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Fig. (1): Dimensions and reinforcements details of the test specimens

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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME Table (1) Test specimens
Beam B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 Type of repair Reference beam 1 Layer (carbon fiber reinforced polymers) 2 Layer (carbon fiber reinforced polymers) 1 Layer (glass fiber reinforced polymers) Steel plates (SP) 1 Layer (CFRP) + (SP) 2 Layer (CFRP) + (SP) 1 Layer (GFRP) + (SP) FRP width and shape (mm) --240 - U-shape 120 - straight 240 - U-shape 120 - straight 240 - U-shape 120 - straight 240 - U-shape SP dimensions (mm) --------60x1300x3.0 60x1300x3.0 60x1300x3.0 60x1300x3.0 Concrete Cover thickness (mm) --(20 mm) (20 mm) (20 mm) ---------

2.1 Materials properties 2.1.1 Concrete All test specimens were cast using the same type of concrete mix that has 250 kg/cm2 compressive strength after 28 days. Ordinary Portland cement produced by Beni-suef Company, Egypt was used. The specific gravity and the surface area of the cement were 3.15 and 3500 cm2/gm, respectively. Natural sand and gravel from local quires in Minia Governorate, Egypt were used to prepare the concrete mixes. The specific gravity of the sand and gravel are 2.6 and 2.6, respectively. The maximum nominal size of the gravel is 20 mm. 2.1.2 Steel High tensile steel bars (10 mm Diameter) were used as tensile and compressive steel. Meanwhile, mild steel reinforcement bars of diameter 8 mm were used as stirrups. Steel plates (thickness=3.0 mm) were used to strengthen part of the test specimens. To define the mechanical properties of the steel reinforcements, tensile tests were carried out on three elements of the reinforcement and the average results are presented in table (2). 2.1.3 Fiber reinforced polymers Carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP) which were used for strengthening of the RC beams are unidirectional woven fiber fabric produced by Sika Company, Egypt. The physical and mechanical properties of the FRP in dray case and as laminates are shown in table (3). 2.1.4 Bonding agent for FRP (Sikadur-330) Sikadur 330 is a two part, solvent free, thixotropic epoxy based impregnating resin/adhesive. The tensile strength of the Sikadur-330 at 7-days is 300 kg/cm2 and the tensile modulus of elasticity equal 45,000 kg/cm2. The elongation at break is 0.9%. 2.2 Strengthening process for test specimens After preloading, test specimens were strengthened using different materials and techniques.

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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME Table 2 Mechanical properties of the steel reinforcements Type of Reinforcement Bar (Diameter=8 mm) Bar (Diameter=10 mm) Steel plate (Thickness= 3 mm) Yield strength kg/cm2 3200 4760 2900 Ultimate strength kg/cm2 4931 6481 4790 % of elongation 19 16 21

Table 3 Physical and mechanical properties of the FRP

Type of FRP Thickness (mm) 0.131 1.00 0.17 0.80 Density (g/cm3) 1.76 -2.56 -Areal weight (g/m2) 23010 -44522 -Tensile strength (ton/cm2) 43 3.5 23 2.7 Tensile E-Modulus (ton/cm2) 2,380 280 760 190 Elongation at break % 1.8 -2.8 --

Dray CFRP Laminate-CFRP GFRP Laminate- GFRP

2.2.1 Strengthening using FRP Beams were strengthened with one layer U-shape (width 240 mm) of Carbon or Glass fibers and other beams were strengthened using two straight layers (width 120 mm) of Carbon or Glass fibers. The preparation of the bottom surface of the test specimens was the first step for strengthening. The casting form was originally designed to produce RC beams without bottom cover within the strengthening area. The bottom surfaces were roughened using wire brushed to remove any protrusions and to roughen the surfaces and then cleaned using compressed air to remove the dust. The bonding resin (Sekadur-330) was applied to the bottom surface and the FRP layers were fixed to the beams, see Fig. (2). The bottom surfaces were roughening by applying sand to the surface before the hardening of the bonding resin. Finally, concrete cover was applied to protect the FRP layers.

Fig. (2): Fixation of the CFRP sheets

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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME 2.2.2 Strengthening using steel plates The bottom surface of the test specimens had no cover within the strengthening area. The bottom surfaces were roughened using wire brushed and cleaned using compressed air. The steel plate (60x1300x3 mm) was fixed to the bottom surface using four anchors (diameter 8 mm) and bonding resin. 2.2.3 Strengthening using FRP and steel plates The steps of repair began with the fixation of the FRP layers as mentioned before and then the steel plate (60x1300x3 mm) was fixed to the bottom surface using the bonding resin and four anchors (diameter 8 mm) as shown in Fig. (3).

Fig. (3): Fixation of the CFRP sheet and the steel plates 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Pattern of cracks and modes of failure Beam B1 was subjected to flexural stresses up to failure. Cracks were firstly formed in the bottom surface of the constant moment zone and in the shear span. Increasing the applied load, the flexural cracks were extended upwards and widened. Finally, the reference specimen was failed due to yielding of the tensile steel reinforcement. Fig. (4-a) shows the pattern of cracks for the reference specimen. Beam B2 (strengthened using one layer -U shape- CFRP) was failed in flexural due to debonding of the CFRP layer. The de-bonding began at the end of the CFRP sheet at the top of the two sides of the U-shape. Before reaching the ultimate load, horizontal crack was observed between the strengthening layer and the existing concrete. This crack was extended horizontally for all the length of the shear zone. The flexural cracks were widened and one of the flexural cracks was extended in an inclined direction towards the load point. Finally, the fracture of the CFRP sheet was occurred. The pattern of cracks of beam B2 is shown in Fig. (4-b and c). Beam B3 (strengthened with two layers of CFRP sheets) was failed mainly due to de-bonding between the CFRP sheet and the existing concrete. Before reaching the ultimate load, horizontal crack was observed between the strengthening layer and the existing concrete. After the extension of the horizontal crack, slip was observed between the strengthening layer and the existing concrete. Because of this slip, the flexural cracks were widened leading to the failure of the RC beam. It is worth to mention that the use of U-shape CFRP sheet for strengthening B2 resulted in better bond between the RC beam and the strengthening layer when compared to that of beam B3. The pattern of cracks for beam B3 is presented in Fig. (4-d) On loading beam B4, which was strengthened with one layer U-shape GFRP, the usual flexural cracks were observed in the constant moment zone. De-bonding at the top area of the Ushape GFRP sheet was appeared in the middle of the beam leading to the failure of the specimen due to the fracture of the GFRP and crushing of the concrete at the compression zone as shown in Fig. (4e). This failure of beam B4 was accompanied by a sudden explosive sound.

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(a) Pattern of cracks of the reference beam B1.

(b) Pattern of cracks of beam B2.

( c) CFRP Failure.

(d) Pattern of cracks of beam B3 (de-bonding bonding of the CFRP layers)

(e) Pattern of cracks of beam B4 (failure of the GFRP layer)

(f) Pattern of cracks of beam B5 (de-bonding ( of the steel plate)

(g) (g Pattern of cracks of beam B6

(h) Pattern of cracks of beam B7 (de (de-bonding of f the CFRP and steel plate)

(i) ) Pattern of cracks of beam B8 Fig. (4): Pattern of cracks of the test specimens
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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME Beam B5 was strengthened using steel plates and loaded up to failure. At first, flexural cracks were formed at the constant moment zone. Increasing the applied load, the flexural cracks were extended upwards and widened and new flexural cracks were formed. Finally, De-bonding of the steel plate and pulling out the anchors, which were broken, were takes place resulting in the beam failure; see Fig. (4-f). The fracture of beam B5 was accompanied by a loud noise. One layer U-shape CFRP and a steel plate were used to repair beam B6. The fixation of the strengthening layer was strong enough, so that no indication of de-bonding for the CFRP sheet and the steel plate was appeared. Specimen B6 was failed in shear due to the extension of a flexural crack in an inclined direction towards the load point. The pattern of cracks of this specimen is shown in Fig. (4-g). Beam B7 was strengthened with two straight layers of CFRP and a steel plate. The failure of this beam was due to the pulling out of the anchors and the de-bonding of the CFRP layers. A horizontal crack between CFRP and the existing concrete was extended inside the constant moment zone. The flexural cracks were widened and the specimen was not capable of withstanding higher loads. Complete separation for the strengthening layer was occurred accompanied with crushing of the concrete in the compression zone; see Fig. (4-h). Specimen B8 was strengthened with one layer U-shape GFRP and a steel plate. Similar to specimen B6, beam B8 was failed in shear due to the extension of a flexural crack in an inclined direction towards the load point. Because of the high bond strength between the U-shape GFRP and the existing concrete, no horizontal cracks were observed until reaching the ultimate load. After reaching the ultimate load, the load was slowly descended and small horizontal cracks began to appear at the end of the strengthening layer, between the strengthening layer and the existing concrete, see Fig. (4-i). 3.2 Ultimate loads of the test specimens Fig. (5) shows the ultimate loads for all test specimens. Generally it is clear that, the repair and strengthening of the RC beams resulted in from 35% to 50% of increase for the values of the ultimate loads when compared with the reference beam [4, 5, 6, 7]. The values of the ultimate load of the strengthened beams were dependent on the bond strength of the strengthening layer and the RC beams as well as on the tensile strength of the strengthening layers. Compared with beam B3, Beam B2 strengthened with U-shape CFRP sheet resulted in slightly higher values of ultimate loads which is attributed to the better bond strength between the strengthening layer and the RC beam. Because of its higher tensile strength, the use of CFRP instead of GFRP for strengthening the RC beams resulted in about 5% of increase for the values of the ultimate loads. The use of steel plate for the repair of beam B5 resulted in about 35% increase for the values of the ultimate loads8. However, the use of one U-shape layer of CFRP and a steel plate for strengthening beam B6 resulted in the highest value of ultimate load that is 50% higher than the ultimate load of the reference beam. Similar trend was observed for beam B8 that strengthened with one U-shape layer of GFRP and a steel plate. The value of the ultimate load of beam B6 and B8 could be higher if their shear strength were high enough to prevent the shear type of failure.

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12 Ultimate load (ton) 10 8 6 4 2 0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8

Fig. (5): Ultimate loads for the test specimens

3.3 Deflection of the test specimens Although the strengthened beams experienced the usual elastic and inelastic deflections, higher values of rigidity and considerably lower values of plastic deformations were recorded for the strengthened beams when compared with the reference ones [4, 9]. This behavior may be attributed to the high capability of the strengthening layers to restrict and minimize the number and width of the flexural cracks. Figure (6) shows the load-deflection for the reference beam, beams B2 and beam B3. The reference beam showed lower values of rigidity and higher values of elastic deformation than beams B2 and B3. Same rigidity until reaching the yield stage were observed for beams B2 and B3 which were strengthened using one U-shape CFRP sheet or two CFRP sheets, respectively. However, beam B2 had 20% higher values of deflection at failure than beam B3 that may be attributed to the better bond between the U-shape sheet and the bottom surface of the strengthened beam. Beam B5, which was strengthened with steel plate showed slightly higher values of rigidity than specimens B2 and B4. Unexpectedly, lower values of deflection at failure was recorded for beam B5 which may be attributed to the de-bonding of the steel plate, see Fig. (7). The use of both steel plate and FRP sheets for strengthening the RC beams (B6, B7, and B8) resulted in slightly higher values of rigidity and elastic deflection at failure than the beams strengthened with FRP sheets only. The values of the elastic deformation at failure for beams B6 and B8 would be higher if these beams could sustain higher values of shear stresses. The improvement of the elastic deformation is thought to be related to the plastic deformation properties of the steel plates, see Fig. (8-a to c).

12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 5 10 15 Deflection (mm) 20 25 B1 B2 B3

12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 5 10 15 Deflection (mm) 20 25 B1 B4 B2 B5

Fig. (6): Load-Mid span deflection.

Fig. (7): Load-Mid span deflection.

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12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 10 20 Deflection (mm) (a) 12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 5 B1 10 15 Deflection (mm) (c ) B4 20 B8 25 30 B1 B2 B6 12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 10 20 Deflection (mm) (b) 30 B1 B3 B7

Fig. (8): Load-Mid span deflection. 3.4 Ductility of the test specimens Ductility is defined as the ratio of the value of deflection at failure to the value of deflection at yield load. Generally, lower values of ductility were recorded for the strengthened specimens (from 1.78 to 3.33) when compared with the reference beam (4.13) as shown in Fig. (9) [10]. This was mainly attributed to the brittle nature of the FRP sheets, the de-bonding of the strengthening layers as well as the increase in the gross tensile reinforcement ratio, which may change the mode of failure for the strengthened specimens from ductile flexural mode to brittle de-bonding or shear failure. The use of both FRP sheets and steel plates for strengthening beams B6, B7, and B8 resulted in up to 87% increase for the values of the ductility index than those of beams B2, B3, B4, and B5 which may be attributed to the better fixation and the plastic deformations
5 Ductility Index 4 3 2 1 0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8

Fig. (9): Ductility index of test specimens

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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME properties of the steel plates. It is worth to mention that, the use of U-shape CFRP sheet (width = 240 mm) for strengthening beam B2 resulted in 25% higher values of ductility index than the use of two straight layers of CFRP sheet (width 120 mm) for beam B3. 3.4 Strain in FRP sheets Fig. (10) shows the strain in the middle of the CFRP sheets for beams B2 (strengthened with one layer U-shape CFRP sheet) and beam B3 (strengthened with two layers CFRP sheets). Higher value of strain was recorded for the U-shape CFRP sheet (beam B2) than the value of strain in the straight CFRP sheet which is attributed to the good fixation of the U-shape CFRP sheet that led to its fracture. Because of the use of GFRP sheet with steel plate to strengthen beam B8 that failed due to shear, lower values of strain was recorded in the GFRP sheet of B8 when compared with the value of strain in the GFRP sheet that used to strengthen beam B4 which was failed due to flexural stresses, see Fig. (11).
12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 B2 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Strain in CFRP sheets x 10-6 B3 12 10 Load (ton) 8 6 4 2 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Strain in GFRP sheets x 10-6 B4 B8

Fig. (10): Strain in CFRP sheets.

Fig. (11): Strain in GFRP sheets.

4. CONCLUSIONS Based on the experimental studies, the following can be concluded: [1] Strengthening with FRP sheets, steel plates, or both FRP sheets and steel plates are found to be effective techniques for upgrading the RC beams. The values of the ultimate loads of the strengthened beams were up to 50% higher than the value of the ultimate load of the reference beam. Because of the high fixation strength of the strengthening layer, the use of Ushape FRP sheet and a steel plate for strengthening beams B6 and B8 resulted in the best flexural performance of the strengthened test beams. Shear failure, fracture of the FRP sheets, and de-bonding of the strengthening layers were the predominant modes of failure for the strengthened beams. Although the strengthened beams experienced the usual elastic and inelastic deformations, higher values of rigidity and considerably lower values of plastic deformations were recorded for the strengthened test beams when compared with the reference beam which may be attributed to the high capability of the strengthening layers to restrict and minimize the number and width of the flexural cracks. Fixing the FRP cross-sectional area, the use of Ushape CFRP sheet (B2) or two layers of CFRP sheets (B3) showed the same rigidity until
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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), ISSN 0976 6308 (Print), ISSN 0976 6316(Online) Volume 4, Issue 6, November December (2013), IAEME reaching the yielding stage, after that beam B2 had 20% higher values of deflection at failure than beam B3. Considerably lower values of ductility were recorded for the strengthened RC beams when compared with the reference beam. This was mainly attributed to the brittle nature of the FRP sheets as well as the increase in the gross tensile reinforcement ratio, which may change the mode of failure of the beams from ductile flexural mode to brittle de-bonding or shear failure. To overcome and release the negative effect of strengthening on the ductility of the RC beams, FRP sheets with steel plates are both recommended to be used for the rehabilitation of the RC beams.

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