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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Volume 72, Number 6, December25 2019 , pages 723-736 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2019.72.6.723 |
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Rehabilitation and strengthening of exterior RC beam column connections using epoxy resin injection and FRP sheet wrapping: Experimental study |
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Comingstarful Marthong
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| Abstract | ||
| The efficacy of a technique for the rehabilitation and strengthening of RC beam-column connections damaged due to cyclic loading was investigated. The repair mainly uses epoxy resin infused under pressure into the damaged region to retrieved back the lost capacity and then strengthening using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets for capacity enhancement. Three common types of reduced scale RC exterior beam-column connections namely (a) beam-column connection with beam weak in flexure (BWF) (b) beam-column connections with beam weak in shear (BWS) and (c) beam-column connections with column weak in shear (CWS) subjected to reversed cyclic loading were considered for the experimental investigation. The rehabilitated and strengthened specimens were also subjected to similar cyclic displacement. Important parameters related to seismic capacity such as strength, stiffness degradation, energy dissipation, and ductility were evaluated. The rehabilitated connections exhibited equal or better performance and hence the adopted rehabilitation strategies could be considered as satisfactory. Confinement of damaged region using FRP sheet significantly enhanced the seismic capacity of the connections. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Beam column connections; Rehabilitation; Strengthening; Epoxy resin; FRP; Seismic capacity; Damage assessment | ||
| Address | ||
| Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Shillong 793003, India | ||