Evaluation of Shear Strength for Wide Beam using GFRP Plate Shear Reinforcement

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, an experimental evaluation of shear strength of wide beam is presented. By the experiment in paper, shear strength depending on parameter of shear reinforcement by GFRP plate on wide beam is investigated. Specimens are 7 of reinforced by GFRP plate with openings. The shear reinforcement is manufactured into plate shape with openings to ensure perfect integration with concrete. The test was performed on 7 specimens. The parameters are including number of shear reinforcement by GFRP plates and center-to-center spacing between vertical strip. We analysed the crack, failure mode, strain, shear strength of specimens. A calculation of the shear strength of reinforced wide beam with GFRP plate based on ACI 318-11. The result of the experiment shows that the GFRP plate is works successfully as shear reinforcement in the wide beam. Keywords :shear reinforcement, wide beam, GFRP plate, shear strength † Corresponding author: Tel: +82-31-201-3815; E-mail: leeyh@khu.ac.krReceived February 11 2015; Revised March 17 2015Accepted May 3 2015Ⓒ2015 by Computational Structural Engineering Institute of KoreaThis is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License(http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.