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Experimental Investigation of the Capacity of Steel Fibers to Ensure the Structural Integrity of Reinforced Concrete Specimens Coated with CFRP Sheets

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The capacity of steel fibers to ensure the structural integrity of reinforced concrete specimens coated with CFRP sheets was investigated. Test data for four ties and eight beams reinforced with steel or glass-FRP bars are presented. Experiments showed that the fibers significantly increased the cracking resistance and altered the failure character from the splitting of concrete to the debonding of the external sheets, which noticeably increased the load-carrying capacity of the strengthened specimens.

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The authors express their deep gratitude to the European Social Fund (Research project No. 2013/0019/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/13/APIA/VIAA/062) for the financial support.

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  1. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian University, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia

    V. Gribniak & A. K. Arnautov

  2. Research Laboratory of Innovative Building Structures, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LT-10223, Lithuania

    V. Gribniak, V. Tamulenas, E. Gudonis & A. Sokolov

  3. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LT-10223, Lithuania

    A. Norkus

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 563-576, May-June, 2016.

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Gribniak, V., Arnautov, A.K., Norkus, A. et al. Experimental Investigation of the Capacity of Steel Fibers to Ensure the Structural Integrity of Reinforced Concrete Specimens Coated with CFRP Sheets. Mech Compos Mater 52, 401–410 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-016-9592-1

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