Yasmeen Taleb Obaidat, Wasim Barham, Yara H. Obeidat
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Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of using a CFRP sheet to strengthen/repair thermally shocked lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) and normal-weight aggregate concrete (NWAC) beams. It also aims, to evaluate the effectiveness of using an innovative anchorage system on the behavior of CFRP- repaired NWAC and LWAC beams. Eight LWAC beams, in addition to four NWAC beams, were cast, with dimensions of 150 mm × 200 mm × 1150 mm (width × height × length) with a 28-day compressive strength of 30 MPa. Seven LWAC beams and three NWAC beams were heated to 600 °C, followed by 15 min of rapid cooling in water, and six thermally shocked LWAC and one NWAC thermally shocked specimens were repaired with CFRP sheet and different anchorage systems of CFRP sheets and ropes. The anchorage systems used in this study were fan NSM-CFRP rope, four U-Wrapping ropes, one or two fan/ five U-Wrapping ropes, and four U-Wrapping sheets. After that, a four-point loading test was performed on all specimens. Test results illustrated that when CFRP sheets were applied on thermally shocked LWAC and NWAC beams, the mechanical performance of both damaged LWAC and NWAC specimens drastically increased. Furthermore, all innovative anchorage systems considerably enhanced the ultimate load by a percentage of (30 %−84.2 %), stiffness by (14.8 %−59.2 %), and toughness by (6.14 %−22 %) of CFRP-repaired NWAC and LWAC beams compared with thermally shocked LWAC and NWAC beams. Specifically, For LWAC specimens, the best method of repair was the one using a bottom CFRP sheet with two fans and five U-wrapping NSM-CFRP ropes, which increased the ultimate load, stiffness, and toughness by a percentage of roughly 84.2 %, 59.2 %, and 21.93 %, respectively, compared with thermally shocked LWAC beam.
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