Strengthening of reinforced concrete beams: RC versus UHPFRC layers
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Andreas Lampropoulos
(University of Brighton, UK)
Ourania Tsioulou (University of Brighton, UK) Spyridon Paschalis (University of Bolton, UK) Stephanos Dritsos (University of Patras, Greece) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-5 February 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Christchurch 2020 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 589-596 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/christchurch.2021.0589 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams is of high importance for the structural upgrade of existing buildings. The majority of the existing RC structures need to be upgraded either because they are designed with old or without seismic code provisions or because of existing damages. In this study the effectiveness of the use of traditional RC layers is compared with the use of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) layers. Experimental investigation has been conducted on beams strengthened with these two techniques and the effectiveness of the examined methods has been evaluated via comparisons of the load-deflection and the interface slip results. |
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| Keywords: |
strengthening beams UHPFRC reinforced concrete layers
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