Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams with CFRP Strands
i Dedication. iii Acknowledgements. iv List of Tables. ix List of Figures. xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 General 1 1.2 Fiber Reinforced Polymer Rebars or Strands 2 1.3 Research Objective 4 Chapter 2: Literature Review. 6 2.1 General 6 2.2 FRP Composite Materials 6 2.3 FRP Anchorage System 8 2.4 Bond Characteristics 24 2.5 Flexural Behavior 43 2.5.1. Guidelines 43 2.5.2. Flexural Response of FRP Prestressed Concrete Beams 50 Chapter 3: Experimental Program 58 3.