Study of the Effect of Externally Bonded (Eb) Fibre Reinforced Plastic (Frp) Sheets on the Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete T-Beam

Abstract

Engineering infrastructure such as buildings, bridge decks, girders, off shore structures etc. deteriorate mainly due to ageing, poor environmental and maintenance conditions, corrosion and hence no more able to take the load for which they are designed. With increase in research and introduction of new materials and technology there are new ways of retrofitting the structure with many added advantages. Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is one such material for retrofitting.