Project of National Key Fundamental Research and Development Program (973 Program) of China (2015CB057705); Project of Tackling key Problems in Science and Technology-International Cooperation of Henan Province (182102410068).
To investigate the bearing capacity behavior of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) beam after being strengthened by steel plate, five tested beams were designed to corrode by using the electrochemical corrosion method. In the design experiments, three tested beams were strengthened by a flexure-strengthening scheme of bonding a steel plate on the bottom of beams, and one tested beam was strengthened by a combined flexure-shear-strengthening scheme of bonding a steel plate and U-shaped ferrules. Furthermore, the bearing capacity, failure mode and...