FRP as strengthening material for Reinforced Concrete beams with openings — A review

• Main Authors: Chin, S.C., Shafiq, N., Nuruddin, F
• Format: Citation Index Journal
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11332/1/FRP%20as%20strengthening%20material%20for%20Reinforced%20Concrete%20beams%20with%20openings%20-%20A%20review.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/11332/

This paper presents the review of studies performed to investigate the behavior of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams containing different types of openings. For the last 4 decades, research works involved the investigation of the member strength and development of the design approach for simply support...