Abstract
This paper presents analytical studies for the evaluation of the structural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams with externally attached fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) of different sizes. Towards this goal, an analytical modelling approach is developed to simulate the structural behaviour of RC beams of different lengths, widths and numbers of FRP layers. Commercial finite element (FE) software, ABAQUS version 6.10-3, is used for the FE modelling. The analytical results show that the proposed modelling approach can be used to not only simulate structural behaviour of concrete beams retrofitted with FRPs, but also to investigate the effect of FRP sizes on debonding in FRPs.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT 2012 |
| Publisher | Civil-Comp Press |
| Volume | 100 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781905088553 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 8th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT 2012 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 4 Sep 2012 → 7 Sep 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, ECT 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | Croatia |
| City | Dubrovnik |
| Period | 4/09/12 → 7/09/12 |
Keywords
- Carbon fibre
- Debonding
- Fibre reinforced polymer
- Finite element analysis
- Reinforced concrete beam