Shear Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete Beams Subject to Unsymmetric Loading

This study is concerned with the determination of the effects of shear span-to-depth ratio (a/d) and beam depth, or size, on the concrete contribution to the shear resistance of beams longitudinally reinforced with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars. One of the distinguishing features of the study is the unsymmetrical nature of the applied load, which creates two distinct a/d ratios in the same beam and allows the effect of the a/d …