Abstract:
This study was emphasized on behavior and stress concentration in RC beam strengthened and repaired with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP). There were 13 specimens, 2 specimens were controlled beams. 8 specimens were strengthened with varied carbon fiber length, width, wrapping length, thickness of epoxy and the quantity of tension steel while the rest two were repaired crack with and with out epoxy injection. All specimens were simply supported, 200 cm. in span length and loaded using a 4-point loading pattern. There to five electrical strain gages were bonded on surface of reinforcing steel. The results showed that, CFRP strengthened and repaired specimens had 41%-166% higher strength than the controlled beam. The maximum deflection at mid span could be reduced by 9%-25% of the controlled beam's and the crack widths were much smaller and had better distribution than those of the controlled. The ductility index was decreased significantly. The failure mode was brittle failure, which occurred at the CFRP curtailment where the highest stress concentration was located. The brittle failure mode of strengthened beams could be divided into 2 kinds namely the peeling of concrete covering and the debonding of CFRP. The failure of all specimens was closely related to the strain in the reinforcing steel at the CFRP curtailment. And the stress concentration at the CFRP curtailment was closely related to strenghten or repaired pattern. From this study, the pattern which made the lowest stress concentration was achieved by using CFRP with dimensions of 10 cm. in width, 190 cm. in length and 75 cm. in wrapping length