@article {Franco2018981,
	title = {Experimental and numerical analyses of flexurally-strengthened concrete T-beams with stainless steel},
	journal = {Engineering Structures},
	volume = {172},
	year = {2018},
	note = {<p>cited By 12</p>
},
	pages = {981-996},
	abstract = {<p>This work presents the results and the main conclusions of a series of experimental tests carried out to evaluate the efficiency of post-installed stainless steel reinforcement on the flexural strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) T-beams when the bonding techniques EBR (Externally Bonded Reinforcement), NSM (Near Surface Mounted) and MA-EBR (EBR with Mechanical Anchors) are used. The RC T-beams were also modelled using a commercial Finite Element (FE) software in order to predict their behaviour until the rupture. For this purpose, a set of single-lap shear tests were also carried out to evaluate the local bond-slip relationships developed within the Stainless Steel (SS)-to-concrete interface. Due to the experimental bond-slip relationships, the numerical simulations were able to predict, with good accuracy, the different behaviours of the RC T-beams until their rupture. Moreover, the different rupture modes observed on all the RC T-beams herein tested were very well estimated by the numerical analyses. The tests of the RC T-beams showed that all the strengthening techniques allowed their flexural stiffness to be increased. Nevertheless, the RC T{\textendash}beams strengthened with the EBR and NSM techniques had premature ruptures, i.e. the rupture in the RC T-beams occurred even before the yielding of their steel reinforcements. The RC T-beam strengthened with the MA-EBR technique showed good ductility and the highest load bearing capacity, which means that the MA-EBR technique is the best bonding technique herein used. {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd</p>
},
	doi = {10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.06.077},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049087071\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.engstruct.2018.06.077\&partnerID=40\&md5=a73ecef9e27b2487dfea21aba1c677f9},
	author = {N. Franco and Biscaia, H. and Chastre, C.}
}
