Steel reinforced polymer (SRP) and steel reinforced grout (SRG) systems have emerged as promising and cost-effective technologies for the external strengthening of RC structures. An experimental campaign was recently performed to investigate the effectiveness of SRG/SRP systems in increasing the flexural strength of RC slabs. Test results are herein used to validate a Fiber based finite element code developed with the aim of simulating the flexural behavior of SRP/SRG strengthened RC beams/slabs. The model provides an accurate prediction of the crosssectional response by explicitly modeling each constituent, their position inside the discretized cross-section, and their nonlinear behavior. The satisfactory comparison between numerical predictions and experimental results assessed the accuracy of the developed code.
Flexural strengthening of RC slabs with SRP/SRG: an experimental-numerical comparison
NAPOLI, ANNALISA;REALFONZO, ROBERTO;
2015
Abstract
Steel reinforced polymer (SRP) and steel reinforced grout (SRG) systems have emerged as promising and cost-effective technologies for the external strengthening of RC structures. An experimental campaign was recently performed to investigate the effectiveness of SRG/SRP systems in increasing the flexural strength of RC slabs. Test results are herein used to validate a Fiber based finite element code developed with the aim of simulating the flexural behavior of SRP/SRG strengthened RC beams/slabs. The model provides an accurate prediction of the crosssectional response by explicitly modeling each constituent, their position inside the discretized cross-section, and their nonlinear behavior. The satisfactory comparison between numerical predictions and experimental results assessed the accuracy of the developed code.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
