STRENGTHENING OF CONCRETE BEAM BY REINFORCING WITH GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS
| Author(s) | : | Dhanalakshmi R, Jegitha J K, S. Suresh Babu |
| Institution | : | Department of Civil Engineering, Adhiyamaan college of Engineering |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 3 — March 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 766-772 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
In the polymeric products Geosynthetics play a wide range of applications and presently used for solvingthe civil engineering problems. This research reveals that the use of Geocells and Geogrids in concrete beam. Geocellsare three dimensional fabricated material of ultrasonically‐welded High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) strips and easy totransport. Geogrid has notable application in constructions due to good in tension and has a higher capacity to transferload over a large area. The Flexural test were carried out up to failure of concrete beams. An experimental program wasperformed and compared with analytical solution to predict the Flexural strength of concrete beam reinforced withGeocells and Geogrids. A total of 18 beams, with (120mm × 150mm) rectangular cross section and of span 1200 mmwere cast and tested. In the first case, R.C.C under reinforced beams were strengthened with Geocells ,the beam issubjected to static loading and tested. In second case, R.C.C under reinforced beams were strengthened with Geogrid.
Dhanalakshmi R, Jegitha J K, S. Suresh Babu, “STRENGTHENING OF CONCRETE BEAM BY REINFORCING WITH GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 766-772, March 2018.
