Design guidelines for flexural strengthening of RC beams with FRP plates

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 158-164

  Saadatmanesh, H ^a   Malek, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Lamar University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REINFORCED CONCRETE; REPAIR; RETROFITTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COMPRESSION CRUSHING; DEBONDING; FLEXURAL STRENGTHENING;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032207419     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(1998)2:4(158)     Document Type: Article

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