Abstract
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite has been used effectively for the rehabilitation of concrete and steel structures in the last decades due to its excellent properties compared with conventional reinforcing materials such as steel. Despite the major role of epoxy resins as a bonding material between fibre and substrate, the rapid deterioration of the mechanical properties at elevated temperature is the critical issue for the epoxy matrix. Therefore, substitution of epoxy adhesive with cementitious bonding agent will be beneficial in order to provide more resistant systems at elevated temperatures. Near-surface mounted (NSM) strengthening technique with cement adhesives has only been investigated for torsion. Flexural performance is a significant factor in the strengthening of different structures. This paper reports the experimental study on the behavior of small scale retrofitted beams using Near-Surface Mounted strengthening system with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) textile and laminate and cement-base adhesives for flexure. The beams retrofitted with modified cement-based adhesive achieved 98% to 100% ultimate loads of that beams strengthened with epoxy adhesives. Numerical analyses is utilized to evaluate the experimental results, and comparable results were observed between the experimental results and finite element analysis.
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