Omar, Mohamad Al-Zaim (2023) Flexural strength of plain concrete beam strengthened with woven kenaf FRP plate: experimental works and numerical modelling. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.

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Abstract

A strengthening technique using externally-bonded synthetic Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) has been reported to improve flexural resistance on concrete beams. To this end, limited research work was reported to investigate natural FRP as a strengthening material. Woven fabric kenaf composites (KFRP) have good specific strength and sustainability than synthetic FRP counterparts. This research aims to conduct experimental work to study the parametric effects of KFRP plates on flexural strength in concrete beams, later validated with strength predictions from FEA modelling. Four-point bending of 100 x 100 x 400 mm concrete beam were tested in two phases, i.e., Phase 1 investigates the effects of externally bonded KFRP plates variations such as woven architecture arrangements and KFRP geometries (lengths, widths, and thickness) on concrete beam, and Phase 2 investigates the flexural resistance of various notch depths,

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