BEHAVIOR AND DUCTILITY OF STRENGTHENED WITH EXTERNAL USING LIFTING HOLE ANCHORAGE SYSTEM

  • Published : 2009.05.27

Abstract

Since various methods for repairing and rehabilitating have been applied to damaged bridges to increase their load carrying capacity, many researches on the methods have been widely carried out. In particular, In terms of applicability, strengthening efficiency and economical efficiency, external tendons using lifting hole anchorage system is the most effective method among the aforementioned methods. In order to verify the strengthening effectiveness, flexural experiments on the beams strengthened with external tendons using lifting hole anchorage system were carried out. The experiments were conducted on two groups of systems, the existing and the proposed external tendons using lifting hole anchorage system. In addition, An evaluation on ductility of the beams were conducted in this paper.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the R&D program (06 Construction innovation B05, NRG:Network Research Group) of the Korea Institute of Construction and Transportation Technology Evaluation Planning (KICTTEP)