I am interested in learning about specific cases of using epoxy or polymer adhesive to connect steel plates to concrete beams........as reinforcement.........particularly seeking information on shear, modulus of elasticity and creep potential........
JFMANN<br>
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The following references may be of interest in respect of using either steel or FRP plates to reinforce or rehabilitate concrete beams<br>
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Brittle failure in FRP plate and sheet bonded beams.(1997) ACI Structural Joornal 94(4):363-371<br>
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Failure behavior of precracked concrete beams retrofitted with FRP. (1998) ASCE Journal of Composites in Construction 2(3):138-143<br>
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Flexural strengthening of concrete beams using externally bonded composite materials.(1994) Construction and Building Materials 8(3):191-201<br>
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Debonding of Steel plate-strengthenend concrete beams.(1990)<br>
ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 116(2):356-371<br>
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Strengthening of beams by plate bonding technique.(1997)<br>
ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 9(4): 206-216<br>
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Repair and strengthening of bridges by means of bonded plates.(1986) Adhesion Between Polymers and Concrete pages 601-621<br>
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Guidelines Toward the Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams and External Plates.(1994) ACI Structural Journal 91(6):639-646<br>
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Regards<br>
Mike