Analysis of Deflection Characteristics in Externally Reinforced PCC Beams: An Ansys-Based Study Comparing Bonded Steel Plate Applications and Thickness Change Criteria

Abstract: The study of deflection characteristics of externally reinforced plain cement concrete (PCC) beams using ANSYS represents a crucial exploration in civil engineering. This research examines the ultimate behaviour of PCC beams improved with external reinforcement, focusing on their deflection properties under different loading conditions. After identifying the gaps of the literature review, the different objectives have decided such as study of PCC beam, selecting the deflection parameter, using FEM modelling to check the behaviour, application of steel plate type retrofitting method over different faces of member, under different thickness of retrofitted steel plates with different grades of concrete. This study has distributed under two findings. In former one, the application of with and without usage of bonding steel plate and in latter, the comparison in terms of thickness change criteria is selected. After simulation the results have drawn and the conclusions have compared. After comparing different cases with each other, the study shows that the PCC beam will perform better using different thickness of external reinforcement of steel plates type retrofitting in combination with different grades, simultaneously deflection reduced accordingly under the application of load.