Suitability of optimized truss model to predict the FRP contribution to shear resistance for externally bonded FRP strengthened RC beams without internal stirrups
Shortcoming in the current design guidelines on externally bonded FRP shear strengthened members has initiated a motivation to relook the whole shear design approach. It is understood that effective FRP strain models used in present design guidelines are basically calibrated from the experimental data based on the conservative and unrealistic 45-deg truss model. This paper…
