TRC and Hybrid Solutions for Repairing and/or Strengthening Reinforced Concrete Beams

Over the last twenty years, composite materials, especially carbon epoxy, have developed as part of the repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures. This is mainly due to their very good mechanical performance as well as their easy implementation, which is fast and unobtrusive. However, composites also have a number of limitations that make the alternatives advantageous, for example their very high price, their incompatibility with sustainable development, and their very low efficiency ratio.

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