An Experimental Investigation of Carbon Fiber Plates
Used for High Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams

Osama K Adwan; Brahim M Bousalem; Abbas M Al Shahary

Research Article

An Experimental Investigation of Carbon Fiber Plates Used for High Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams

Osama K Adwan*, Brahim M Bousalem and Abbas M Al Shahary

Department of Civil Engineering, Al -Baha University, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding Author

Received Date: January 27, 2020; Published Date: February 11, 2020

Abstract

Carbon fiber plates (CFPs) have been used sufficiently to strengthen reinforced concrete structures and is becoming an increasing familiar approach amongst structural engineers. In this research investigation, four-point bending flexural tests were carried out to four full-size High Strength Reinforced Concrete (HSRC) beams without CFPs and four full-size HSRC beams strengthened with CFPs. All beams were subjected to short term static loads. The experimental test results presented herein showed that the use of CFPs had remarkable effects on the ultimate carrying capacity and the structural behaviour of all beams tested. In addition, the stiffness of RC beams strengthened with CFPs have increased significantly.

Keywords: Composite structure; High strength concrete beams; Ultimate load capacity; Load-deflection relationship; Stiffness and carbon fiber plates

Article Details

Citation

Osama K A, Brahim M B, Abbas M A S. An Experimental Investigation of Carbon Fiber Plates Used for High Strength Reinforced Page 5 of 5 Concrete Beams. Cur Trends Civil & Struct Eng. 5(1): 2020. CTCSE.MS.ID.000603.