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Effect of CFRP Schemes on the Flexural Behavior of RC Beams Modeled by Using a Nonlinear Finite-element Analysis

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The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of the number and schemes of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets on the capacity of bending moment, the ultimate displacement, the ultimate tensile strain of CFRP, the yielding moment, concrete compression strain, and the energy absorption of RC beams and to provide useful relationships that can be effectively utilized to determine the required number of CFRP sheets for a necessary increase in the flexural strength of the beams without a major loss in their ductility. To accomplish this, various RC beams, identical in their geometric and reinforcement details and having different number and configurations of CFRP sheets, are modeled and analyzed using the ANSYS software and a nonlinear finite-element analysis.

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The author acknowledges the technical support provided by the Jordan University of Science and Technology.

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 621-634 , July-August, 2015.

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Al-Rousan, R.Z. Effect of CFRP Schemes on the Flexural Behavior of RC Beams Modeled by Using a Nonlinear Finite-element Analysis. Mech Compos Mater 51, 437–446 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-015-9515-6

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