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Strengthening of reinforced concrete beams with epoxy-bonded perforated steel plates

  • Aykac, Sabahattin (Civil Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Gazi University) ;
  • Kalkan, Ilker (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kirikkale University) ;
  • Uysal, Ali (Turkish Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Engineering Group)
  • Received : 2011.11.16
  • Accepted : 2012.12.01
  • Published : 2012.12.25
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Abstract

Although being one of the most popular strengthening techniques in reinforced concrete beams, the use of steel plates bonded to the soffit raises problems of ductility. This study aims at investigating the influence of the use of perforated steel plates instead of solid steel plates on the ductility of reinforced concrete beams. A total of nine reinforced concrete beams were tested. In addition to an unplated beam, eight beams with perforated steel plates of two different thicknesses (3 mm and 6 mm) were subjected to monotonic loading. Effect of bonding the plates to the beams with anchor bolts and with additional side plates bonded to the sides of the beam with and without anchors is also investigated. The use of bolts in addition to epoxy was found to greatly contribute to the ductility and energy absorption capacity of the beams, particularly in specimens with thick plates (6 mm) and the use side plates in addition to the bottom plate was found to be ineffective in increasing the ductility of a concrete beam unless the side plates are attached to the beam with anchors bolts. The thickness of the plate was found to have little effect on the bending rigidity of the beam.

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