Evaluation of Shear Strength of Concrete Flat Plates Reinforced with GFRP Plates

Table 4

Failure modes.

Specimen	(kN)	(kN)	Failure mode		Crack patterns
			Predicted	Actual
GA-480	286	386	Within	Within
GA-184	370	228	Outside	Outside
GB-184	286	270	Outside	Outside
GC-184	245	303	Within	Within
GD-184	225	336	Within	Within