An Experimental Investigation on the Failure Behavior of a Notched Concrete Beam Strengthened with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2015/729320/figures/729320.fig.007a.svgz" name="729320.fig.007a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Brittle fracture</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2015/729320/figures/729320.fig.007b.svgz" name="729320.fig.007b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Shear failure I</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2015/729320/figures/729320.fig.007c.svgz" name="729320.fig.007c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Shear failure II</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijps/volume-2015/729320/figures/729320.fig.007d.svgz" name="729320.fig.007d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>Delamination failure</td></tr></table>

<div>Final failure modes observed in experiment: (a) brittle fracture; (b) shear failure I; (c) shear failure mode II; (d) delamination failure.</div>

International Journal of Polymer Science

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