FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF CARBON FIBER TEXTILE REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB ELEMENTS

Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) can have a great advantage over conventional steel-reinforced concrete especially with respect to corrosion prevention. This paper deals with the flexural behavior of thin slab panel elements reinforced with coated and uncoated carbon fiber textile. The uncoated textiles were examined due to their enhanced mechanical behavior under fire conditions. Bending tests were performed on large scale TRC specimens. Overall structural behavior, crack development and failure mechanism of preliminary tested specimens were recorded and analyzed. The test results reveal the main structural behavior characteristics of the coated and the uncoated textile reinforced concrete thin slab panel elements.