Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber

Currently, millions of tires are consumed annually, which necessitates the efficient disposal of these quantities of spent tires and the development of means to convert them into useful materials. This research deals with the effect of adding the steel fibers extracted from used car tires (RSFs) to...

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Main Authors: Hasan A. Alasmari, Ibrahim A. Sharaky, Ahmed S. Elamary, Ayman El-Zohairy
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author Hasan A. Alasmari
Ibrahim A. Sharaky
Ahmed S. Elamary
Ayman El-Zohairy
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description Currently, millions of tires are consumed annually, which necessitates the efficient disposal of these quantities of spent tires and the development of means to convert them into useful materials. This research deals with the effect of adding the steel fibers extracted from used car tires (RSFs) to incorporate them as concrete components to obtain high-strength concrete (HSC). The HSC was used in this paper to strengthen the pre-damaged beams by jacking. In the first phase, twelve beams were subjected to an overload equal to 80% of their total expected bearing capacity to obtain damaged RC beams, while one beam was loaded to failure (reference beam, RB0). In the second phase, the damaged beams were strengthened with HSC jacketing integrating RSFs with three contents (0, 0.25, and 0.5%) or by HSC jacking and bonded CFRP laminates to the bottom surface of the jacket. Moreover, the Abaqus finite element (FE) program was implemented to simulate the upgraded damaged beams. The result ensured enhanced HSC compressive and tensile strengths by 11.6–14.4% and 11.6–20.9% as the RSF % increased from 0 to 0.25 and 0.5%, respectively. Using the HSC jacket with 0, 0.25, and 0.5% RSF to strengthen the RC-damaged beams increased the load capacity by 8.8, 14.5, and 20.1%, respectively compared to RB0. Furthermore, strengthening the damaged RC beams with both HSC jacket and CFRP laminates enhanced their load capacity by 41.9, 45.5, and 50.3% as the HSC integrated 0, 0.25, and 0.5% RSF, respectively, compared to RB0. Finally, the FE model could reveal several aspects related to the behavior of the damaged beams strengthened with jackets and CFRP laminates and the interaction between the different beam components.
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spelling doaj-art-ec5a63d11de145be89e14bcc47d36ccc2025-01-24T13:32:13ZengMDPI AGFibers2079-64392025-01-011311010.3390/fib13010010Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel FiberHasan A. Alasmari0Ibrahim A. Sharaky1Ahmed S. Elamary2Ayman El-Zohairy3Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi ArabiaCivil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi ArabiaCivil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Engineering and Technology, East Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX 75429, USACurrently, millions of tires are consumed annually, which necessitates the efficient disposal of these quantities of spent tires and the development of means to convert them into useful materials. This research deals with the effect of adding the steel fibers extracted from used car tires (RSFs) to incorporate them as concrete components to obtain high-strength concrete (HSC). The HSC was used in this paper to strengthen the pre-damaged beams by jacking. In the first phase, twelve beams were subjected to an overload equal to 80% of their total expected bearing capacity to obtain damaged RC beams, while one beam was loaded to failure (reference beam, RB0). In the second phase, the damaged beams were strengthened with HSC jacketing integrating RSFs with three contents (0, 0.25, and 0.5%) or by HSC jacking and bonded CFRP laminates to the bottom surface of the jacket. Moreover, the Abaqus finite element (FE) program was implemented to simulate the upgraded damaged beams. The result ensured enhanced HSC compressive and tensile strengths by 11.6–14.4% and 11.6–20.9% as the RSF % increased from 0 to 0.25 and 0.5%, respectively. Using the HSC jacket with 0, 0.25, and 0.5% RSF to strengthen the RC-damaged beams increased the load capacity by 8.8, 14.5, and 20.1%, respectively compared to RB0. Furthermore, strengthening the damaged RC beams with both HSC jacket and CFRP laminates enhanced their load capacity by 41.9, 45.5, and 50.3% as the HSC integrated 0, 0.25, and 0.5% RSF, respectively, compared to RB0. Finally, the FE model could reveal several aspects related to the behavior of the damaged beams strengthened with jackets and CFRP laminates and the interaction between the different beam components.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/13/1/10recycled steel fibershigh-strength concretedamaged beamCFRP laminateHSC jacket
spellingShingle Hasan A. Alasmari
Ibrahim A. Sharaky
Ahmed S. Elamary
Ayman El-Zohairy
Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
Fibers
recycled steel fibers
high-strength concrete
damaged beam
CFRP laminate
HSC jacket
title Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
title_full Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
title_fullStr Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
title_full_unstemmed Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
title_short Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Laminates and High-Strength Concrete Integrating Recycled Tire Steel Fiber
title_sort rehabilitation and strengthening of damaged reinforced concrete beams using carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates and high strength concrete integrating recycled tire steel fiber
topic recycled steel fibers
high-strength concrete
damaged beam
CFRP laminate
HSC jacket
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/13/1/10
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