Flexural and Shear Behavior of FRP Strengthened AASHTO Type Concrete Bridge Girders

Table 5

Shear strengthening results.

	Control girder	Strengthened girder (vertical FRP wrap)		Strengthened girder (45° FRP wrap)
		FEM	ACI 440	FEM	ACI 440
Failure load, kN	1227	1575	1795	1968	2207
FRP strain at failure	N/A	0.0018	0.002	0.002	0.002