Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Rectangular Hollow Section Steel Beams Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer

Authors(1) :-Wael A. Salah

This paper presents the behavior of cracked rectangular hollow section (RHS) steel beams retrofitted using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) plate. The finite element (FE) analysis is employed to investigate the behavior of initially cracked RHS steel beams. A three dimensional (3D) FE model is developed using ABAQUS software to analyze and investigate the initially cracked RHS steel beams. The results of the FE are validated through the comparisons with the acquired literature experimental results. Then a sort of parametric studies are conducted to investigate the effect of certain parameters of the adhesive material on the strength of the rehabilitated RHS steel beams.

Authors and Affiliations

Wael A. Salah
Civil Engineering Department, Al-Azhar University/Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt

CFRP, RHS, Steel beam, Finite Element, Analysis, Strengthening, adhesive

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 3 | May-June 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-06-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 202-210
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET173371
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Wael A. Salah, " Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Rectangular Hollow Section Steel Beams Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.202-210, May-June-2017. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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