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The purpose of this research work was to study the shear strengthening of R.C. beams using Carbon Fiber Sheet (CFS) composites. An additional experimental work was carried out to study the anchorage strength provided by out of plane contact surface. The test results indicated the anchorage strength per unit width of contact surface increased with out of plane angle and the contact length. Large increment in strength per unit contact length was observes when the contact length was short. When the CFS composites were used to strengthening the shear capacity of RC beams,the results were highly affected by the arrangement of CFS,including location, shape and direction of carbon fiber. Closely arranged strip type CFS will provide large contact surface and curtail the spread of separation between CFS and concrete at the same times.
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