Shear Strengthening of RC Beams Using Sprayed Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer

Table 1

Properties of RC beams.

Parameter	Definition	Value	Unit
𝑏	Width of compression face of member	150	mm
ℎ	Overall depth of beam	150	mm
𝑑	Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of tension reinforcement	120	mm
𝑑^′	Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of compression reinforcement	20	mm
𝑓^′𝑐	Specified compressive strength of concrete	44	MPa
𝑓𝑦	Specified yield strength of tension reinforcement	440	MPa
𝑓𝑦𝑐	Specified yield strength of compression reinforcement	474	MPa
𝑓𝑦𝑠	Specified yield strength of shear reinforcement	600	MPa
𝐴𝑠	Area of tension reinforcement	600	mm^2
𝐴^′𝑠	Area of compression reinforcement	200	mm^2
𝐴𝑣	Area of shear reinforcement	35.4	mm^2