Mechanical Steel Stitches: An Innovative Approach for Strengthening Shear Deficiency in Undamaged Reinforced Concrete Beams

Autor: Ceyhun Aksoylu, Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Musa Hakan Arslan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Buildings, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1501 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-5309
DOI: 10.3390/buildings12101501
Popis: In this study, reinforced concrete beams with insufficient shear capacity were strengthened on both sides of the beam along the shear openings by a novel approach: Mechanical Steel Stitches (MSS). This innovative method facilitates the application of strengthening the beams with a low-cost solution. In this concept, six specimens were experimentally investigated under vertical load. While one of the specimens was tested as a reference, the others were strengthened with MSS application at different ratios (ρMS), ranging from 0.2% to 1% at both the beams’ shear span. MSS were applied with the angle of 90° considering stirrup logic. The diameter, anchorage depth and mechanical properties of the MSSs were kept constant, and their effects on the strengthening of the beams in terms of ductility, strength, stiffness, and energy dissipation capacities were investigated by changing the spacing of the MSSs. The results revealed that increasing MSS ratio caused a dramatic positive change in the behavior in terms of both strength and energy dissipation capacity. MSSs to be made at appropriate intervals ((%1) MSS ratio or (d/5) MSS spacing) significantly improved the shear capacity. However, a 43% loss in stiffness occurred with the increase in ρMS since the MSSs are applied to the beams by drilling and anchoring from the outside.
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