The application of textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) as a means of increasing the flexural capacity of two-way reinforced concrete (RC) slabs is experimentally investigated in this study. The parameters examined include the number of TRM layers, the strengthening configuration, the textile fibers material (carbon versus glass) and the role of initial cracking in the slab. For this purpose six large-scale RC slabs were built and tested to failure under monotonic loading distributed at four points. It is concluded that TRM increases substantially the pre-cracking stiffness, the cracking load, the post-cracking stiffness and eventually the flexural capacity of two-way RC slabs, whereas the strengthening configuration plays an important role in the effectiveness of the technique. Simple design equations which provide good estimation of the experimental flexural moment of resistance are proposed.
KOUTAS Lampros;
BOURNAS Dionysios;
2017-02-28
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
JRC100811
1090-0268,
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000713,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC100811,
10.1061/CC.1943-5614.0000713,
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