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Paper FRP Slab PSR AG 02 06 12 PDF
Paper FRP Slab PSR AG 02 06 12 PDF
Experimental Study
Puneet Chugh
Post Graduate Student, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
K.K Bajpai
Senior Scientific Officer, Structural Engineering Lab, IIT Kanpur
Supratik Bose
Post Graduate Student, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Agrim Gupta
Post Graduate Student, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
ABSTRACT: This study discusses an experiment investigating the improvement in Punching Shear Re-
sistance (PSR) of Reinforced Concrete (RC) slabs used as manhole covers, by using Glass Fiber Reinforced
Concrete (GFRC) with both steel and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcements. The slabs were de-
signed for typical vehicular loads of an Indian National Highway and tested for punching shear strength up to
failure. The experimental data is analyzed to draw some visible conclusions and compared with the some of
the predictions made using analytical models for the punching shear strength. It was observed that addition of
glass fiber in concrete improves the mechanical properties and gives better performance in terms of strength
and ductility for the same section of slab. Also, when designed for the same load, the punching shear strength
of FRP reinforced slabs is found to be lesser than those of the steel reinforced ones. The analytical models
were conservative in predicting the punching shear strength of the slabs and hence there is a need for more
accurate analytical models.
Figure 5: Ten out of twelve specimen lie within 90% confi- Figure 7: Load vs deflection curve for S3 and S7
dence interval for 28 day cube strength
The data for deflection at peak load is given in
Table 5. It can be seen from the data that with the
addition of glass fibers, both for steel and FRP rein- drawn from the energy data in Table 6 that addition
forcement, the deflection at peak load reduces. For of glass fiber to the mix improves the ductility per-
steel reinforced slabs, the average reduction is about formance of RC slabs for both types of reinforce-
34.44% whereas for FRP reinforced slabs, it is about ments.
21.45%. Addition of glass fibers for improving the
deflection has shown better performance with steel
reinforcement than with FRP reinforcement. 4 ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION
Table 5: Deflection at peak load The punching shear resistance of the slabs was
Specimen Deflection at peak load predicted using various models from the literature to
(mm) compare with the experimental values and comment
S1 and S2 5.090 on the accuracy of the predictions. The results have
S5 and S6 3.337 been reported in Table 8.
S2 and S4 5.150
S7 and S8 4.045 Table 8: Predicted values of punching shear strength from lit-
erature