Normal, high and ultra-high modulus carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates for bonded and un-bonded strengthening of steel beams

• Published in: Materials in engineering Vol. 67; pp. 232 - 243
• Main Authors: Ghafoori, Elyas, Motavalli, Masoud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.02.2015
• Subjects: Beams (structural); Bonding; Carbon fiber reinforced plastics; Laminates; Reinforcement; Retrofitting; Strengthening; Structural steels

•Normal, high and ultra-high modulus CFRP laminates for strengthening of steel beams.•Bonded and un-bonded reinforcement systems for steel beams.•Comparisons between the static behavior of the bonded and un-bonded systems. This paper studies the elastic behavior of steel beams strengthened with norm...