Strengthening of RC beams using prestressed fiber reinforced polymers–A review

M Aslam, P Shafigh, MZ Jumaat, SNR Shah - Construction and Building …, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of steel and fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) for strengthening RC beams can
significantly improve the flexural strength, fatigue life and the serviceability of the beams …

Fatigue behavior of externally strengthened concrete beams with fiber-reinforced polymers: State of the art

YJ Kim, PJ Heffernan - Journal of Composites for Construction, 2008 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the recent progress and achievement in the application of fiber-
reinforced polymers (FRP) on strengthening reinforced/prestressed concrete beams …

Improving flexural characteristics of 3D printed geopolymer composites with in-process steel cable reinforcement

JH Lim, B Panda, QC Pham - Construction and building materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D concrete printing has recently become the subject of very rapidly growing
research activities all over the world. An obstacle to develop 3D concrete has been the lack …

Development of a novel anchorage and tensioning system for strengthening steel beams with unbonded prestressed CFRP plates

HT Wang, ZN Bian, Q Wu, L Hu, MS Chen, C Tang - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates have been widely used in the strengthening
and retrofitting of engineering structures due to their excellent mechanical properties …

An innovative prestressing system of prestressed carbon fiber sheets for strengthening RC beams under flexure

HT Wang, Q Wu, CY Zhu, YH Mao, CC Guo - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
An innovative prestressing system was developed in this study, which can effectively anchor
the prestressed carbon fiber sheets as well as conveniently apply prestress to the carbon …

Near-surface-mounted fiber-reinforced polymer reinforcements for flexural strengthening of concrete structures

R El-Hacha, SH Rizkalla - Structural Journal, 2004 - concrete.org
The use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials for strengthening bridges and buildings
has been used extensively in the last decade. FRP has been used in different configurations …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of prestressed natural fiber-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composite materials

SA Hinchcliffe, KM Hess, WV Srubar III - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work we demonstrate that the specific (weight-normalized) mechanical properties of
polylactic acid (PLA) can be enhanced by leveraging a combination of (a) additive …

[PDF][PDF] Self-prestressing using iron-based shape memory alloy for flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams

H Rojob, R El-Hacha - ACI Structural Journal, 2017 - researchgate.net
The behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with nearsurface-mounted (NSM)
iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) bars was studied. Because there were no jacking …

Structural strengthening with prestressed CFRP strips with gradient anchorage

J Michels, J Sena-Cruz, C Czaderski… - Journal of Composites …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the principle and the application of an innovative anchorage technique
for prestressed carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips in structural strengthening …

Experimental study on the flexural behavior of large-scale reinforced concrete beams strengthened with prestressed CFRP plates

HT Wang, SS Liu, CY Zhu, H **ong… - Journal of Composites for …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) systems have been widely used to strengthen
concrete structures. To further study the flexural strengthening of concrete beams with …