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Strengthening of flat slabs with reinforced concrete overlay – Analysis and development of the solution
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Strengthening of concrete structures with a new concrete layer has been commonly used for
columns, beams and slabs. This technique is economic and efficient for structural strengthening
since it uses the same base materials, steel and concrete. It is usually applied on the compressed
face of the concrete element due to concrete’s recognized behaviour under compression, posing
several challenges to control cracking and resistance when applied on the tensile face.
Strengthening of concrete structures with a new concrete layer applied on the tensile face requires
controlling the debonding phenomenon of added concrete for service and ultimate limit states.
Designing such strengthening solution requires the consideration for the strength of the global
structure and the local interface capacity for maintaining structural integrity throughout the load
history. Such requirement leads to the need for interface detailing solutions between the two
concrete layers that improve the behaviour of the composite section, namely the roughening of
the existing surface and stitching reinforcement. The knowledge from studying such interface was
applied to the strengthening of slab specimens.
This work presents the study performed on concrete unidirectional slab specimens and on columnsupported
slab specimens. All specimens were strengthened with a reinforced concrete overlay
on the tensile face. The former consisted on the flexural monotonic loading of the specimens until
failure, and the latter consisted on specimens loaded monotonically and concentrically until
failure. The calibration of numerical models based on experimental test results was also
performed with the nonlinear analysis software ATENA 3D®.
All results were then compared to current codes and regulations, and some guidelines were
defined for the correct application of strengthening with a reinforced concrete overlay on existing
structures.
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Structural strengthening Reinforced concrete Concrete-to-concrete bond Concrete-to-concrete interface Numerical modelling Punching