Research Article

Flexural Behavior of Concrete Beam Strengthened by Near-Surface Mounted CFRP Reinforcement Using Equivalent Section Model

Table 3

Experimental results.

SpecimensCONTROLR-TR-10R-PL-15R-PL-25R-RD-9R-PL-252-SR-PL-252-2SR-RD-92-SR-RD-92-2S

Cracking
(N·mm103)
893087058122866386529466112401016410883

(kN)
15.9816.5815.4716.516.4818.0321.4119.3620.73

(mm)
1.381.741.721.981.661.882.841.661.84
11.040.971.031.031.131.341.211.3

Yielding
(N·mm103)
245122885930172323873285537779370074072440562

(kN)
46.6954.9757.4761.6962.5871.9670.4977.5777.26

(mm)
12.4813.3615.516.0615.3616.4614.1615.2215.4
11.181.231.321.341.541.511.661.65

Maximum
(N·mm103)
295004153341160452454863157572561915903678556

(kN)
56.1979.1178.4086.1892.63109.66107.03112.45149.63

(mm)
71.6858.6858.9453.9843.8846.9244.4439.554.19
11.411.41.531.651.951.922.66

Ductility5.744.393.83.362.862.853.142.63.52

CFRP efficiency (%)100100838469757091

Strength effect per axial rigidity22.622.3214.72129.369.147.289.69