Secil Universities Award 2013

Flexural Concrete Beams Laminated with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Installed in Slots Secured to the Surface. Study Of the Effect of Partial Fastening

The project was developed to study the mechanical behaviour of reinforced concrete beams flexurally strengthened with CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers) laminates.

Student

Taciano Alberto da Silva Correia

Educational establishment

Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Category

Civil Engineering

More about the winning project

The experimental study included the bending test until failure of 13 beams.

 

One of the main objectives of this dissertation was to study the influence of the laminate to concrete link length on the connection performance.