Modeling the shear behavior of deep beams strengthened with FRP sheets Universiteit Hasselt
While external FRP sheets are a viable solution for the strengthening of concrete members, there is a lack of mechanical models that can capture their effect on the shear strength of deep beams. This is in part due to the complex debonding and rupture behavior of FRP, which occurs in parallel with the activation and failure of the other shear mechanisms in deep beams. To address this gap, the current paper proposes a kinematics-based model for ...