Research Article

Pretreatment of Woven Jute FRP Composite and Its Use in Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams in Flexure

Table 2

Summary of test beams.

Beam groupWrapping configurationStrengthening materialBeam designationType of strengtheningStrengthening scheme

Group ANil
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Nil Control specimen Con1, Con2No strengtheningNil

Group BFull wrapping 90°, single layer
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Jute FRPJF1, JF2Flexural strengthening throughout using jute FRPU-Wrap, three-sided wrap

Group CStrip wrapping 90°, single layer 62 mm strips at 124 mm C/C (at a clear gap of 62 mm) so as to achieve 50% of total area strengthening, with end clear gaps of 49 mm.
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Jute FRPJF3, JF4Flexural strengthening throughout using jute FRPU-Wrap, three-sided wrap