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In this paper, the efficacy of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC), as a method for increasing the flexuralcapacity and shear capacity of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams, is experimentally and numerically examined. A newtype of Alkali Resistant (AR) glass textile fabric was utilized as strengthening material and the Polymer modifiedcementitious mortar was utilized as bonding material for the AR-glass textile fabric instead of Epoxy resin, in view oftheir advantages related to fire safety, low cost and furthermore it apply at wet surface. The studied parameters in thisresearch work included the number of textile layers as well as the configuration of the textile material. In total, EighteenReinforced Concrete (RC) beams were casted and tested as simply supported under three-point loading test till failure.On the basis of the experimental study of reinforced concrete beams strengthened in flexure and shear, it is concludedthat the textile composite provides sustainable gain in flexural and shear capacity, this increases as the number offabriclayers increases. Beside the experimental study, a Numerical investigation utilized non-linear finite element (FE)analysis was also carried out using ABAQUS 6.13 Software. Good agreement was achieved between the experimentaland numerical results particularly for the load carrying capacity.

Mansi Shah, Hardik Solanki, Kaizad Engineer, Harishkumar Sheth, “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF RC BEAMS USING TEXTILE REINFORCED CONCRETE”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 5, pp. 681-689, May 2017.