What is it about?
Enhance the bond strength of externally bonded steel and CFRP plates used for strengthening of concrete members
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Why is it important?
The use of new embedded connectors effectively delays the premature debonding of the steel plate and CFRP laminates.
Perspectives
It was found that the proposed equation gives comparable predictions with the experimental results and yet conservative over the range of variables known to affect the bond strength. Further work is needed to investigate the efficiency of the proposed embedded connectors with other materials, which are traditionally in use for external shear strengthening of RC beams now days.
Dr Ali Sami Alshaikhly
uniten
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This page is a summary of: Investigation of the effects of connectors to enhance bond strength of externally bonded steel plates and CFRP laminates with concrete, Steel and Composite Structures, April 2016, Techno-Press,
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2016.20.6.1275.
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