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 …

Flexural strengthening of concrete structures using externally bonded and unbonded prestressed CFRP laminates: A Literature review

AA Havez, A Al-Mayah - Journal of Composites for Construction, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials have been widely used in prestressed
and non-prestressed systems for the flexural strengthening of concrete structures in many …

An experimental study of the failure modes of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with prestressed carbon composite plates

HN Garden, LC Hollaway - Composites Part B: Engineering, 1998 - Elsevier
Concrete structures deteriorate for various reasons and upgrading has been achieved for
over 20 years by bonding steel plates using epoxy resins. Disadvantages of this method …

Concrete beams strengthened with prestressed near surface mounted CFRP

H Nordin, B Täljsten - Journal of composites for construction, 2006 - ascelibrary.org
Retrofitting concrete structures with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has today grown to be a
widely used method throughout most parts of the world. The main reason for this is that it is …

Prestressed FRP sheets for poststrengthening reinforced concrete beams

RG Wight, MF Green, MA Erki - Journal of composites for …, 2001 - ascelibrary.org
Four large-scale reinforced concrete beams were constructed and tested to investigate the
effectiveness of external poststrengthening with prestressed fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) …

Effect of freeze-thaw cycles on the bond durability between fibre reinforced polymer plate reinforcement and concrete

MF Green, LA Bisby, Y Beaudoin… - Canadian journal of …, 2000 - cdnsciencepub.com
Deterioration of infrastructure is one of the most pressing concerns facing today's civil
engineering community. As a result, new rehabilitation techniques, such as the external …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental investigation on flexural behavior of RC beams strengthened with prestressed CFRP strips using a durable anchorage system

YC You, KS Choi, JH Kim - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effectiveness and feasibility of a prestressed carbon fiber-
reinforced polymer (CFRP) system for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The …

Innovative system for prestressing fiber-reinforced polymer sheets

R El-Hacha, RG Wight, MF Green - Structural Journal, 2003 - concrete.org
The effectiveness and feasibility of a technique to strengthen damaged concrete beams
using prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets has been investigated …

Prestressed carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets for strengthening concrete beams at room and low temperatures

R El-Hacha, RG Wight, MF Green - Journal of Composites for …, 2004 - ascelibrary.org
A technique for strengthening damaged concrete beams using prestressed carbon fiber
reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets was developed at Queen's University and the Royal …

The strengthening and deformation behaviour of reinforced concrete beams upgraded using prestressed composite plates

HN Garden, LC Hollaway, AM Thorne - Materials and Structures, 1998 - Springer
Externally bonded steel plates have been used world-wide for over twenty years to
strengthen concrete members, but the disadvantages include the transportation and …