Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 79, Issue -, Pages 318-325Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.01.040
Keywords
RC column; CFRP; Buckling; Grooving method (GM); Compressive strengthening; Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
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In the present study, the effect of utilizing longitudinal carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), as external compression reinforcement, on the behavior of strengthened RC columns is investigated. To do so, 10 RC columns including 5 circular columns with diameter of 150 mm and 5 square columns with dimension of 133 mm were cast. Four different methods including conventional externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) and near surface mounted (NSM) techniques, as well as the recently introduced grooving method (GM) in the forms of externally bonded reinforcement on grooves (EBROG, to be pronounced as /ebrAg/) and externally bonded reinforcement in grooves (EBRIG, to be pronounced as /ebrIg/) techniques were used to strengthen the specimens in compression with CFRP. The specimens were tested under monotonic uniaxial compression, and different effects of the strengthening techniques were comprehensively discussed. Furthermore, an image-based deformation measurement technique, i.e. particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to further investigate the stress transfer between longitudinal CFRP sheet and concrete substrate. Experimental results demonstrated that utilizing grooving method (GM) for bonding CFRP to concrete surface postpones the CFRP buckling, and subsequently, a significant increase in load carrying capacity of strengthened RC columns by compression CFRP sheets was observed. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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