Investigation of HFRC beams retrofitted using GFRP for enhancement in flexural capacity Online publication date: Mon, 16-Mar-2020
by Muthu Vinod Kumar; Muthiah Muthukannan
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (IJMTM), Vol. 34, No. 1, 2020
Abstract: The applications of FRP have been widely used in repair and upgrading of concrete structures. Research and design guidelines accomplished that externally bonded FRP could increase the load carrying capacity of RC elements efficiently. A study was undertaken to investigate the flexural behaviour of hybrid fibre reinforced concrete (HFRC) beams, which were preloaded and retrofitted by externally bonded with glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminate to the bottom (soffit) of the beam. The compressive, split tensile and flexural strength tests were conducted to find the optimum percentage of hybrid fibre which can be used for casting of beam specimens. Two sets each containing three numbers of beams were cast and tested in this study. Based on the test results, it is found that the HFRC beams retrofitted with GFRP show an improvement in load carrying capacity of about 45% and 23% than the same set of retrofitted control beams.
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