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Previous investigations by EMPA have shown the suitability of the CFRP L-shaped plates for static shear strengthening.
These involved static quadriceps strengthening exercises, as well as foot and ankle range of motion exercises to help prevent thromboembolic events.
Static quadriceps strengthening exercises were performed while lying supine with subjects instructed to pull back their toes, push their knee downwards into the bed and hold for 5 seconds.
The difficulties of using this approach in other fields, as well as the fact that historical changes are difficult to include in this sort of static analysis, strengthen the objections that many workers in the field have raised against it.
The results of the first static load cycle indicates that strengthening with NSM Fe-SMA bars significantly improves the performance of the RC beams under service load conditions.
The use of prefabricated CFRP L-shaped laminates (plates) for strengthening RC beams under static loading has proven to be technically feasible and very efficient.
