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  • Feasibility study on the fatigue characteristics of the reinforced CFS with selfhealing repair methods for RC slabs
  • Tadashi Abea, Chan-Ho Wonb*, Tae-Ho Ahnc, Kwang Bo Shimc and Byung-Wan Jod
  • a Dept. of Civil Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Chiba 275-8575, Japan b The Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu Seoul 133-791, Korea c International Sustainable Engineering Materials (ISEM) Center, Ceramic Materials Institute & Division of Advanced Materials Sci. Eng., Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University; 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea
Abstract
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism surveyed and inspected bridges with the goal of increasing the lifespan of the bridges and to downwardly standardize bridge maintenance costs, and established the "Highway Bridges Long Life Repair Plan." According to the results of survey and inspection, the most serious damage to RC slabs is caused by fatigue deterioration, which results from the driving loads of large-sized vehicles, and aging of materials. In response to this, adhesion reinforcement using carbon fiber sheet is being adopted. Therefore, in this study, specimens with bottom side CFS adhesion reinforcement on the bottom surface of the RC slab were manufactured. Then, fatigue tests under running wheel loads were conducted, and thus fatigue resistance was evaluated using the specimens. In addition, new RC slab supplementation technique was suggested.

Keywords: RC slabs, Reinforcement, CFS, Self-healing repair methods.

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  • 2015; 16(S1): 156-161

    Published on Nov 15, 2015