In today’s market, it is imperative to be knowledgeable and have an edge over the competition. ACI members have it…they are engaged, informed, and stay up to date by taking advantage of benefits that ACI membership provides them.
Read more about membership
Learn More
Become an ACI Member
Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, the American Concrete Institute is a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, dissemination, and adoption of its consensus-based standards, technical resources, educational programs, and proven expertise for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design, construction, and materials, who share a commitment to pursuing the best use of concrete.
Staff Directory
ACI World Headquarters 38800 Country Club Dr. Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3439 USA Phone: 1.248.848.3800 Fax: 1.248.848.3701
ACI Middle East Regional Office Second Floor, Office #207 The Offices 2 Building, One Central Dubai World Trade Center Complex Dubai, UAE Phone: +971.4.516.3208 & 3209
ACI Resource Center Southern California Midwest Mid Atlantic
Feedback via Email Phone: 1.248.848.3800
Home > Publications > International Concrete Abstracts Portal
The International Concrete Abstracts Portal is an ACI led collaboration with leading technical organizations from within the international concrete industry and offers the most comprehensive collection of published concrete abstracts.
Showing 1-5 of 9 Abstracts search results
Document:
SP258-08
Date:
December 1, 2008
Author(s):
Feifei Lu and Ashraf Ayoub
Publication:
Symposium Papers
Volume:
258
Abstract:
Externally bonded carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a feasible and economical alternative to traditional methods for strengthening and stiffening deficient reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge girders. The behavior of bond between FRP and concrete is the key factor controlling the behavior of these structures. Several experiments showed that debonding failure occurs frequently before FRP rupture and therefore the FRP strength can not be fully utilized. For design accuracy, the FRP strength must be reduced. This paper analyzes the effect of the bond properties on the response and failure modes of FRP-strengthened RC beams. A nonlinear RC beam element model with bond-slip between the concrete and the FRP laminates is used to analyze a test specimen subjected to monotonic and cyclic loads typical of seismic excitations, and to investigate the corresponding failure mode, and whether it is due to FRP rupture, debonding, or concrete crushing. The model is considered one of the earliest studies to numerically evaluate the behavior of FRP-strengthened girders under seismic loads. The model was also used to study the reduction factor of FRP tensile strength of simply supported strengthened RC girders due to debonding failure. This reduction factor seems to be directly affected by the bond strength between FRP and concrete interface. The study concludes with a numerical evaluation of the current ACI-440 guidelines for bond reduction factors.
DOI:
10.14359/20255
SP258-06
J. A. O. Barros, D. R. S. M. Ferreira, and R. K. Varma
The effectiveness of discrete and continuous CFRP wrapping arrangements for reinforced concrete (RC) short column subjected to monotonic and cyclic compressive loading is assessed in this work. The experimental program is composed of four series of RC columns with discrete wrapping arrangements and one series of full wrapped RC columns. Each series is composed of a monotonic and a cyclic test. Strain gauges were installed along the height of each column to measure the strain field in the CFRP during the test. The variation of the stiffness of the unloading and reloading branches of each loading cycle was determined. A constitutive model to simulate FRP-confined RC concrete elements subjected to cyclic compressive loading was developed and implemented into a computer program based on the finite element method. This model was appraised with the data obtained from the carried out experimental program.
10.14359/20253
SP258
Editors:Tarek Alkhrdahi and Pedro Silva / Sponsored by: ACI Committee 440
This CD-ROM consists of eight papers that were presented by ACI Committee 440 at the Spring Convention in Atlanta, BA, in April 2007. Papers include: Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column T-Joints in Bridge Piers with FRP Composite Jackets Performance of an RC Corner Beam-Column Joint Severely Damaged Under Bidirectional Loading and Rehabilitated with FRP Composites Experimental Evaluation of Non-Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns Strengthened with CFRP
10.14359/56364
SP258-02
Murat Engindeniz, Lawrence F. Kahn, and Abdul-Hamid Zureick
This paper presents the performance of a full-scale reinforced concrete cor¬ner beam-column-slab specimen that was first severely damaged under bidirectional quasi-static loading, then rehabilitated and retested. The specimen was built using the pre-1970s construction practices including the use of low-strength materials ( =3000 psi [21 MPa], Grade 40 reinforcing bars) and deficiencies in reinforcement detailing. The rehabilitation process consisted of: (1) epoxy injection, (2) addition of a bar within the clear cover of the column at the inside corner, and (3) external application of a multilayer composite system made of unidirectional carbon-epoxy layers placed at different orienta¬tions. The carbon fiber-reinforced polymeric system was heat-cured at a temperature of 80°±10°C (176°±18°F) for 6 hours. The performance was evaluated both before and after rehabilitation based on the progression of damage and the hysteretic behavior including the changes in the strength, stiffness, and energy dissipation characteristics. The results indicated that even a severely damaged corner joint can be effectively rehabilitated using CFRP to achieve a ductile beam failure mechanism. The joint was upgraded to withstand story drift ratios of up to 3.7% applied simultaneously in both directions.
10.14359/20249
SP258-03
S. Rocca, N. Galati, and A. Nanni
This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the axial behavior of medium and large scale Reinforced Concrete (RC) columns of circular and non-circular cross-sections strengthened with unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) wraps. A test matrix was developed to investigate the effect of different variables, such as the geometry of the specimen cross-section (circular, square, and rectangular), the side aspect ratio, and the area aspect ratio. A total of 22 specimens were divided into six series of three specimens each and two series of two specimens each. The largest and smallest columns featured cross-sectional areas of 0.8 m2 (9 ft2) and 0.1 m2 (1 ft2), respectively. All the specimens were subjected to pure axial compressive loading. The experimental results are compared with available data on RC specimens with one minimum dimension of the cross-section of 300 mm (12 in.). This evaluation allowed confirming that among circular and non-circular specimens of the same cross-sectional area and FRP volumetric ratio, the level of confinement effectiveness decreases as the side aspect ratio increases. Additionally, size effect within specimens of circular cross-section does not appear to be significant; however, for the case of non-circular specimens, scatter and limitation of data-points does not allow at the present time to draw a definite conclusion. A new analytical method that allowed estimating the confining pressure in non-circular cross-sections from the transverse strains at the corners is proposed. The obtained confining pressures and experimental results from this study allowed calibrating a strength model, which was validated with the available experimental data in the literature. Finally, the predictions of this strength model were compared to the ones by the model of Lam and Teng yielding close agreement.
10.14359/20250
Results Per Page 5 10 15 20 25 50 100