TY - JOUR ID - 129358 TI - Retrofitting of RC Beams using Reinforced Self-compacting Concrete Jackets Containing Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles JO - International Journal of Engineering JA - IJE LA - en SN - 1025-2495 AU - Faez, A. AU - Sayari, A. AU - Manei, S. AD - Civil Engineering Department, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 34 IS - 5 SP - 1195 EP - 1212 KW - Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles KW - retrofitting KW - Reinforced Concrete Jacket KW - Finite element method KW - Laboratory study DO - 10.5829/ije.2021.34.05b.13 N2 - The purpose of this study was to introduce a proposed method to retrofit RC beams. For this purpose self-compacting concrete containing aluminium oxide nanoparticles (ANPs) and silica fume (SF) was used in RC jackets. The laboratory experiment and numerical simulation were used to investigate the behavior of the beams. The experimental variables were included the amount of ANPs used in the jackets (0 and 2.5% by weight of cement) and the surface interaction between beam and jacket (75% and 100% of the side and bottom surfaces of the beam). Five RC beams with a length of 1.4 m and the same dimensions were made and subjected to four-point loading. After completing the laboratory steps, RC beams were simulated according to laboratory conditions using the finite element method and ABAQUS software. After verifying the used method, parametric analysis was performed and parameters such as beam span length (1.5, 3, 4.5 m), concrete jacket thickness (4, 8, and 12 cm), and the diameter of the bars used in the jacket (8, 10 and 12 mm) were examined. The results showed that the use of RC jackets containing ANPs, depending on the jacket thickness, the diameter of the bars used in the jacket, and the length of the beam span increased the beams flexural strength by 155 to 447%. It was observed that the crushing of concrete without nanoparticles compared to concrete contain nanoparticles is more severe because nanoparticles affected the concrete matrix and reduced its crushing in RC jackets. UR - https://www.ije.ir/article_129358.html L1 - https://www.ije.ir/article_129358_16fb125d711e340394fc5ff61f410b7d.pdf ER -