ABSTRACT

COMPARISON
A METHOD OF ACI 440.2R-02 AND MUKHOPADHYAYA
ON BRACING OF PLIABLE BLOCK OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE WITH FRP ( FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER )

by

QODRI SIHOTANG

This research is about theoretical study of strengthening of RC. Beam with GFRP
(Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer ). The aims of study is comparing the analysis of
strengthening of RC. Beams using method of ACI 440.2R-02 which
complemented with Swamy method and Method of Mukhopadhyaya. Analysis
was governed for rectangular beams and T beams. ACI 440.2R-02 showed
significant increase in capacity of rectangular beams about 199,53 % for single
reinforcement and 229,68 % for double reinforcement.

However, for T beams strengthening become uneffective using GFRP material

because CF limitation of ultimate strain which lead to many layers of GFRP used
which are of 11 and 12 layers.

Horizontal shear stress obtained from Mukhopadhyaya method was 0,1167 MPa.
This value is closed to experimental value. Which is 0,174 MPa, where as ACI
440.2R-02 was calculated with swamy method was 0,2569 MPa. far from
experimental value. It can be concluded that Mukhopadhyaya method gave better
results compared with ACI 440.2R-02 method which complemental by Swamy
method for calculating horizontal shear stress.

Keywords : GFRP, reinforced concrete beams, ACI 440.2R-02 method, Malek

dkk. method, Mukhopadhyaya’s method .