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Behavior of Fire-damaged RC Beams After Strengthening with Various Techniques

Asser Elsheikh, Hadeal H. Alzamili

Abstract


High temperatures during a fire can significantly degrade the structural capacity of concrete. However, in many cases, it is possible to restore and strengthen fire-damaged concrete rather than completely rebuild damaged structures. The study considered two types of concrete (normal 25 MPa and high-strength 65 MPa) with two types of strengthening techniques: carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) sheets with different thicknesses of 1.5 and 2.5 mm and slurry-infiltrated fibrous concrete (SIFCON) jacketing with different fiber sizes of 20 and 30 mm. The numerical simulations and analyses were conducted to capture the complex behavior of fire-damaged concrete members (beams). A fire-damaged concrete beam subjected to an extreme or critical fire Exposure time (2 hours) was evaluated and modified using a finite element simulation approach. The simulation process included three stages: the first, subjecting the concrete beam to thermal loading; the second, reflecting the fire distribution map to another model of applying mechanical loading; and the third, involving the application of strengthening to the damaged model. The results showed that the strengthening using CFRP with a thickness of 2.5 improved the load-carrying capacity compared with SIFCON in both types of concrete. 200% improvement for the normal-strength concrete beam and a 136% improvement for the high-strength concrete beam, compared to the damaged beams.

 

Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-01-012

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Keywords


RC Beam; CFRP; SIFCON; Fire.

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