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The experimental results revealed that end-anchored partially bonded CFRP strips significantly enhanced the ultimate capacity of the control beam and performed better than the fully bonded strip with no end-anchorage.
This behavior can be explained from the condition of the singular stress at the end of bonded strip.
The joint strengths under tension and bending were compared based on the intensity of the singular stress, and it depended on material combinations, differently from the case of a bonded strip.
The present study focuses on interface patterns comprised of bonded strips, called lines, alternating with lines of unbonded interface, all aligned parallel to the crack front.
However, several researchers have demonstrated that applying CFRP sheets as externally bonded strips for flexural strengthening of RC structural elements uses only 20 30% of their strength (Motavalli et al. 2011).
In the present paper an experimental determination of mode-I stress intensity factor (SIF), KI, at the tip of an edge-crack or a V-notch reinforced with double bonded strips or with compression pre-stresses applied along the crack surfaces is undertaken by using the optical method of caustics.
In this paper, static experimental tests on four half-scale models of steel and concrete composite girders with different shear connectors such as studs and Perfo-Bond Strips (PBLs) under hogging moments are cautiously conducted in order to investigate the reduction of flexural stiffness and the inelastic behaviour after cracking.
A change in temperature produces curvature because the two bonded strips become different lengths.
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