This research program is intended to verify the influence of using distributed external U-wrap CFRP anchorage to shift the failure mode from overall debonding to sectional flexural failure for concrete beams externally bonded with CFRP sheets. Premature cover delamination and FRP debonding are predominant failure modes in FRP flexural strengthening that may be delayed or prevented by using FRP ...

At highly congested reinforcement regions, which is common at beam-column joint area, clear spacing between parallel bars becomes less than maximum normal aggregate size (20mm) which has not been addressed in any design code and specifications. Limited clear spacing between parallel bars (herein after thin cover) is one of the causes which affect anchorage performance. In this study, an experim...

In order to obtain the study of bonding properties between reinforcement-concrete and give full play material properties, a lot research has been carried out on reinforcement-concrete. Existing studies contain mainly bonds, reinforcement lap, anchorage reinforcement. The bond test measures bond-slip curve two determine strength concrete. lap is used for performance length in concrete, whether b...

Abstract A case study on a rectangular post-tensioned concrete beam end block with 3-dimensional analysis is presented in this paper. ANSYS software used to model the end-block of specimen i.e., beam. An actual anchorage plate, widely construction modeled two different approaches, and concentrated jacking force applied same area. performed which modeling approaches are plate. For both plates, r...

There have been great developments in the area of civil engineering in the recent few decades and among these, construction and material innovation are quite prominent. Steel-concrete composite construction has emerged as one of the fastest methods of construction. Even though considerable research efforts on conventional reinforced concrete columns have been executed prior to now, concrete fil...

Article shows shear tests results for anchorage using bent foundation bolts 16, 24 and 36 mm in diameter torque-controlled undercut anchors 12, 16 20 diameter. Load-displacement diagrams were acquired loads static dynamic cyclic uncracked cracked concrete. Cyclic loading pattern simulated seismic on anchors. Shear allowed to estimate influence of cracks strength ductility anchorage.

For more than 100 years, the primary theme underlying the NBS/NIST staff contribution to the crystallography of building materials has been the development of an improved understanding of concrete materials performance. Over that time period, portland cement concrete has become one of the most important of our construction materials for roads, buildings, and other large municipal structures. At...

We analyze the concrete security of a hash-based signature scheme described in the most recent Internet Draft by McGrew, Fluhrer and Curcio. We perform this analysis in the random-oracle model, where the Merkle-Damgård hash compression function is models as the random oracle. We show that, even with a large number of different keys the attacker can choose from, and a huge computational budget, ...