Analytical Investigation Of Bonded Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Sheets With Reinforced Concrete Beam Using Ansys

ABSTRACT The application of Gl a s s fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRP) to existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) structural elements as external reinforcement has become popular and f r e quent l y applied in recent years. An analytical and experimental study has been carried out to investigate the behavior of concrete beams bonded with strengthened Glass Fiber- Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) sheets on all sides with different thickness of the plate under loading. The finite element program ANSYS has been used to study the Strengthened behavior of a beam. Several investigators carried out experimental and/ or theoretical investigations on concrete beams and columns retrofitted with glass fibre reinforced polymer composites in order to study their effectiveness. The analysis has been carried out for the comparison and the study of effect of GFRP. The beams modeled in ANSYS for the various conditions.