TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER DESCRIPTION PAGE

Abstract..............................................................................iii
Acknowledgement.............................................................iv
Table of contents.............................................................. v
List of tables.......................................................................vi
List of Figures....................................................................vii
List of symbols and abbreviations..................................viii
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................1-8
1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 STRENGTHENING OF USING FRP COMPOSITES 3
1.2.1 STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING REQUIREMENT 5
1.3 ADVANTAGES OF USING FIBER MATERIALS 6
1.4 NEED FOR THE STUDY 8
1.5 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE 8
2 LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................................9-19
2.1 GENERAL 9
2.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 9
2.3 SUMMARY OF LITERATURES 19
3 METHODOLOGY................................................................................20-26
3.1 PROJECT SCHEME 20
3.2 MATERIAL PROPERTIES 21
3.2.1 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 21
3.2.2 PHYSICAL & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 23
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4 MATERIAL TESTING AND DESING…………………………..24-37
4.1 GENERAL
4.1.1 TEST FOR MATERIALS 24
4.1.2 CASTING AND TESTING OF SPECIMENS 24
4.2 MATERIAL USED 24
4.2.1 CEMENT 25
4.2.2 AGGREGATE 25
4.2.3 SUPER PLASTICIZER 25
4.2.4 WATER 26
4.3 MATERIAL TESTING 27
4.3.1 INITIAL TEST FOR FINE AGGREGATE 27
4.3.1.1 SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST FOR FINE
AGGREGATE 27
4.3.1.2 WATER ABSORPTION FOR FINE
AGGREGATE 28
4.3.1.3 DRY BULK DENSITY 29
4.3.1.4 FINENESS MODULUS 29

4.3.2 INITIAL TEST FOR COARSE AGGREGATE 31

4.3.2.1 SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND WATER
ABSORPTION TEST 31
4.3.2.2 DRY BULK DENSITY 31
4.3.2.3 FINENESS MODULUS TEST 32

4.4 MIX DESIGN 33

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 4.5 BEAM DESIGN 35
4.6 DETAIL OF THE SPECIMEN 37
5 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION……………………………38-40
5.1 GENERAL 38
5.1.1 PRELIMINARY LABORATORY WORKS 38
5.2 MANUFACTURING PROCESS 38
5.2.1 CASTING OF SPECIMENS 38
5.2.2 CURING 38
5.3 TESTING OF SPECIMEN 39
5.3.1 COMPRESSION STRENGTH 39
5.3.2 SPLIT TENSILE TEST 39
5.3.3 Flextural strength 40
6 TESTING & DESIGN OF REINFORCEMENT
CONCRETE BEAMS.....................................................40-45
6.1 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 40
6.2 REINFORCEMENT DETAILS 41
6.3 TESTING OF CONTROL BEAM 42
6.4 PRELOADING OF BEAMS 42
6.5 REPAIRING OF PRELOADING BEAMS 43
6.5.1 USING EPOXY AS A BINDER 44
6.6.TEST METHODOLOGY 45
6.6.1 RETROFITTING OF BEAMS 45
7 RESULT AND DISCUSSION…………………………………….46-54
7.1 GENERAL 46
7.2 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST 46
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 7.3 SPLIT TENSILE TEST 47
7.4 FLEXTURAL TEST 47
7.5 BEHAVIOURE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM 48
7.5.1 CONTROL BEAM 48
7.5.2 SINGLY WRAPPED BEAM 49
7.5.3 DOUBLY WRAPPED BEAM 50
7.5.4 U-SHAPE WRAPPED BEAM 52
7.6 LINE CHART DETAILS 54
8 CONCLUSION............................................................................................56

REFERENCES.................................................................................................57-58