An Experimental Study on Rehabilitation Methods of Beam Subjected to Corrosion of Reinforcement

Abstract

This study presents the experimental investigation on restoring the strength of cor- rosion damaged beams. Total nine beams of dimensions 700 mm x 150 mm x 150 mm were casted and cured at room temperature. The beams were strengthened in shear to ensure failure in exure with moment capacity of 6.21 KNm. These nine beams were subjected to accelerated corrosion technique to induce 15% cor- rosion of reinforced steel bars. These corroded beams were tested for bending under two-point loading test setup up to the ultimate load in Universal Testing Machine.