Debonding failure is the main failure mode in flexurally strengthened reinforced concrete beams by externally bonded or near surface mounted fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. It is believed that FRP debonding will be initiated if the shear stress on the concrete-FRP interface reaches the tensile strength of concrete. However, it was found through experimental and analytical studies tha...

Strengthening of masonry members using externally bonded (EB) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has become a famous structural strengthening method over the past decade due to the popular advantages of FRP composites, including their high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance. In this study, gene expression programming (GEP), as a novel tool, has been used to predi...

Optimal shapes are found for reduced beam section of a cantilever H-beam subjected to forced cyclic displacement at the free end. The beam is discretized to finite elements, and a commercial software package called ABAQUS is used for elastoplastic analysis. The numerical results are first compared with experimental results to verify the accuracy. The objective function to be maximized is the di...

this paper describes a series of laboratory model tests on strip footings supported on unreinforced and geogrid-reinforced sand with an inside void. the footing is subjected to a combination of static and cyclic loading. the influence of various parameters including the embedment depth of the void, the number of reinforcement layers, and the amplitude of cyclic load were studied. the results sh...

nowadays, soil reinforcement using polymer elements have been investigated by a number of researchers in order to increase the load capacity of soils. reinforcing soils using fibers is a method of soil improvement, which offers a homogenous mixture in combination with soils, regarding their tensile strength. this combination maintains pressure loading capacity and properties in mutual resistant...

The aim of this paper is to report on an experimental study about Turkish Earthquake Code on suggested strengthening method. The proposed method uses existing brick infill walls and the strengthening is done with the application of external mesh reinforcement and plaster. 5 nonductile 1/2 scaled, one bay, two storey RC specimens were tested under a reversed cyclic loading. The first two specime...

This paper performed compressive tests on corroded reinforced concrete (RC) columns with externally confined ultra-high performance (UHPC) jacket. The studied parameters in this testing program was the corrosion ratio of specimens. influences parameter behavior by UHPC jacket reported and discussed. test results revealed that when rust rate less than 20%, axial cracking typical failure mode unr...

Debonding problems of externally bonded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets in flexurally FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams have been a concern and a research challenge since their application of this strengthening technique. Intermediate crack induced debonding is the most common failure mode which is that the debonding initiates at the critical flexural-shear or flexural crack...

In this work, an experimental and numerical program was designed to evaluate the role of compressive strength, Fc, area reinforcing steel, As, on flexural behavior functionally graded reinforced concrete beams. Eighteen layered sections beams were tested with different strengths arrangement main steel. The result showed that minimum steel reinforcement higher strength in compression zone increa...

The Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polyurea (GFRPU) which is the composite by elastic polyurea and milled glass fiber have mechanical characteristics to enhance tensile strength as well ductility. It must be reinforcement materials in repair retrofit applications for strengthening structural capacity has a merit of simple construction spray coating prevent debonding from concrete surfaces unlike existi...