Research Article

Flexural Behaviour of RC Beams Strengthened with Prestressed CFRP NSM Tendon Using New Prestressing System

Table 3

Summary of experimental results.

YieldingMaximumFailure mode

kNmm

kN

mm

kNmm

kN

mm

Control-27 MPa2300643.8211.5212579949.1446.491a4.03
SL90-E-03344863.7113.821.4559220112.861.892.3b4.48
SL90-E-204152879.115.361.8162543119.1353.782.42b3.5
SL90-E-404734590.1816.082.0662029118.1538.462.4b2.39
SL70-E-5052889100.7418.092.362606119.2538.482.43b, c2.13
SL83-E-404900993.3515.52.1367032127.6843.042.6b2.78
SL77-E-404826991.9417.832.167872129.2846.372.63c2.6
SL70-E-404887893.117.992.1260344114.9445.092.34c2.51

a: flexural failure; b: rupture of CFRP tendon; c: increased cracking of anchor plate.