FERROCEMENT LAMINATE STRENGTHENS RC BEAMS

Repairing and strengthening reinforced concrete elements can be accomplished in several ways: epoxy injections, patch repair, steel place bonding, post-tensioning, encasement of additional reinforcement and the fiber-reinforced plastic technique. Each of these methods comes with it's own associated problems and engineers and researchers have looked for alternative methods. The authors of this article present the results of their tests of ferrocement as the repair and strengthening material. The articles provides the details of their experimental program, the materials tested and the results they found. Overall, the use of ferrocement can increase the ultimate strength of reinforced concrete significantly.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

  38800 Country Club Drive
  Farmington Hills, MI  United States  48331
• Authors:
  • Al-Kubaisy, M A
  • Jumaat, M Z
• Publication Date: 2000-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-43
• Serial:
  • Concrete International
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0162-4075

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Ferrocement; Maintenance; Reinforced concrete; Repairing; Shear tests; Testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00803338
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 6 2001 12:00AM