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SPC - Structural Strengthening
SPC - Structural Strengthening
Upgradation
1) Flexural Capacity
2) Shear Capacity
3) Axial Load Bearing capacity
4) Seismic Resistance
WHAT IS STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING ?
20 KN
40 KN
WHY STRENGTHENING ?
Loading
Specification
Change of code
Drafting errors
Construction Errors
Insufficient
compaction
Inadequate curing
time
Poor Workmanship
Service Stage Errors
Overloading Upgrading
Concrete
deterioration
WHAT ARE THE CONVENTIONAL
STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUES ?
Fairly destructive
Fairly destructive
Precured
Wet-lay up
Fibres ?
Carbon Fibre :- Produced by heating
organic precursor materials containing
substantial amount of carbon
Properties
Thickness
Aramid Fibers
Properties
Thickness
Glass Fibers
Properties
Thickness
Resins
Epoxy
Polyester
Vinyl esters
Poly urethane (NDR)
Products
Resin
After strengthening
Protective Coatings
No
maintenance
Area of application
Beams
Slab
Column
Walls
Joints/connection
Chimneys
Domes
Tunnels
Pipes
Silos
Timber
Cast-Iron
Steel trusses
Vaults
Mechanism of action ?
Confinement
Enhancement
Flexural capacity
of flexural
elements
shear capacity
Crack of beams,
propagation columns and
walls
vertical load-
bearing
Corrosion
capacity of
columns
Environmental effect
How SPC executes strengthening enquiry
1) GFRP/AFRP materials subjected to a sustained load can suddenly fail after a time
period referred to as the endurance time.
2) Sustained stress in the FRP is should be kept below the creep rupture stress limits, the
strength of the FRP is available for no sustained loads.
Shear strength
Commercial complex
Loading was applied over beam by using sandbags to match magnitudes of floor
finish load, live load and safety factor load.
After monitoring the results for 24 hours it was concluded that strengthening
carried out was strong enough to sustain the loading for which it is designed.
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