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Case Studies in Construction Materials
Elsevier
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Reinforced concrete (RC) beams often require strengthening due to material deterioration, aging,
design errors, and natural disasters. The lack of bonding and ductility in fiber-reinforced polymers
(FRP) poses challenges for their use in concrete reinforcement. This study aimed to evaluate the
effectiveness of hybrid FRP in enhancing the flexural behavior of RC beams. An experimental
program consisted of ten samples tested under four-point loading arrangements until failure. The
test parameters included the near surface mounted (NSM) material (Steel, GFRP, CFRP, and
hybrid bars), the NSM area, and the NSM end conditions (straight/hook) anchorage system. The
load capacity, deflection, failure modes, crack patterns, stiffness, toughness, and ductility of the
tested RC beams were investigated. The RC beams strengthened with end conditions straight and
one bar of steel, GFRP, or CFRP, showed ultimate load increments of 60.60 %, 78.70 %, and
81.10 %, respectively, while the sample hybrid steel-GFRP and hybrid steel-CFRP bars increased
90.60 % and 94.3 % compared to the control beam (CB). Doubling the NSM hybrid steel-GFRP
and hybrid steel-CFRP areas achieved about 101.70 % and 106 % load capacity increments,
respectively for the RC beams over the CB while using the previous NSM bars with end anchorage
(bent ends) increased the load capacity increments to 139.40 % and 159.60 % over the CB,
respectively. End anchorage of NSM hybrid bars allowed RC-strengthened beams to attain higher
loads and deflection values, delaying failure compared to straight NSM bars. The deformability
index of the sample one-straight bar NSM with hybrid glass and carbon bars was 3.21 and 2.17
compared to the samples with glass and carbon bars, 2.26 and 1.39, representing an improvement
of 42 % and 56.1 %, respectively. The stiffness was significantly improved by 149 % of the sample
with double bars hybrid carbon compared to the control specimen.
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