Results from DIC:

• Flexural Strength
• Load Capacity
Validates • Displacement/Deforma
tion/Deflection
Compute: • Crack propagation and
• Flexural Strength pattern
• Load Capacity • Stress-strain Diagram
• Displacement/Deforma
tion/Deflection
• Stress-strain Diagram
Apply CFRP
strips

RC Beam
with CFRP
Test until
Three Point
Mcr is
Simply Supported RC Flexural Test Data
Theoretical Experimental attained or
Beam with DIC Comparison,
concrete
Set-up Discussion,
cracks
RC Beam and
with CFRP Conclusion
Testing
without
Compute: retrofitting
• Flexural Strength
• Load Capacity
• Displacement/Deforma Results from DIC:
tion/Deflection • Flexural Strength
• Stress-strain Diagram • Load Capacity
Validates • Displacement/Deforma
tion/Deflection
• Crack propagation and
pattern
• Stress-strain Diagram
 Validates

Image
Results from DIC:
Processing
Compute: • Moment readings
via DIC
• Cracking moment • Flexural strength
and cracking load • Stress-strain curve
• Moment at which Test until • Deformations
steel yields Failure • Strain mapping
• Nominal moment • Crack propagation
• Stress-strain curve Apply CFRP • Crack pattern
Reference to induce
• Deflection crack in the specimen strips
(Retrofitted
RC Beam Beams)
with
CFRP
Three Point Test until Mcr Data
Cracking Simply
Flexural Test is attained or
Moment, Theoretical Supported Experimental Comparison,
with DIC Set- concrete
Mcr RC Beam Discussion,
up cracks and
RC Beam
Conclusion
with
CFRP
Testing
without
Compute: retrofitting
• Cracking moment (Reference
and cracking load Beam) Results from DIC:
• Moment at which • Moment readings
steel yields • Flexural strength
• Nominal moment Test until
• Stress-strain curve
• Stress-strain curve Failure
• Deformations
• Deflection
• Strain mapping
Image • Crack propagation
Processing • Crack pattern
via DIC
Validates
 EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH

Simply Supported RC
Beam

Three-Point
Flexural Test

THEORETICAL APPROACH

Non-Retrofitted Beam Cracked- Retrofitted Beam using

(Reference Beam) Beam CFRP
Deflection
check using
Digital Image Correlation ACI 318M-14 Stress-Strain
Double
using OPTECAL Software ACI 440-2R Diagram
Integration
Method

• Moments • Deflection
Reference Beam VS Retrofitted • Flexural • Stress Strain
Beam: Strength Diagram
• Moments • Load Capacity
Reference Beam VS Retrofitted Beam
• Flexural Strength
• Moments
• Load Capacity
• Flexural Strength
• Stress-Strain Diagram
• Load Capacity
• Strain Mapping
• Stress-Strain Diagram
• Deflection
• Deflection
• Crack Propagation
• Crack Pattern