Effect of size on the failure of geometrically similar concrete beams strengthened in shear with FRP strips

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-496

  Leung, Christopher K Y ^a   Chen, Zhongfan ^b   Lee, Stephen ^a   Ng, Mandy ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Tang, Jianmao ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete beams; Failures; Fiber reinforced plastics; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; RETROFITTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DESIGN GUIDELINES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; FRP STRIPS; SHEAR CAPACITIES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 34548660780     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2007)11:5(487)     Document Type: Article

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