Crack behavior of plain concrete and reinforced concrete members strengthened with carbon fiber sheets

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-188, Issue , 1999, Pages 767-779

  Yoshizawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Prof, Zhishen Wu ^b  

^a NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber sheets; Crack spacing; Crack width; Stiffening; Tension

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); BENDING STRENGTH; BENDING TESTS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE TESTING; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; POLYMER CONCRETE; STEEL FIBERS; STEEL TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

CARBON FIBER SHEETS; CONCRETE INTERFACE; REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBER; REINFORCING STEEL BAR; STEEL BAR REINFORCEMENT; STEEL REINFORCEMENTS; STRENGTHENED RC BEAMS; TENSION STIFFENING EFFECTS;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 13944280627     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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