Description
The study aims to compare the performance of reinforced steel and CFRP tendons . Irrespective of high strength and ductility of prestressed steel tendons, steel tendons are avoided due to high susceptibility to corrosion. The corrosion of the prestressing steel reduces load carrying capacity of the prestressed member and result in catastrophic failures. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) have been implemented in concrete structures as a solution to this problem. However, concrete beams prestressed with FRP tendons have showed brittle flexural failure due to the elastic rupture of FRP tendons.
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