COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ›› 2022, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2): 38-44.DOI: 10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20220228.006

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Regression analysis of shear strength of FRP beams without web reinforcement

CUI Jun-qiang, XUE Xin*   

  1. School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2021-05-18 Online:2022-02-28 Published:2022-03-14

Abstract: The difference in the properties between fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars and ordinary steel bars increases the complexity of the shear performance of concrete beams. For the evaluation approaches of the shear strength of FRP reinforced concrete beams without web reinforcements, the current different countries′ design codes differ in the influencing variables concerned and the influence degree of each variable. Thus, the evaluation results based on each design code differ a lot, and in addition, are generally conservative compared with that of the test results. To this end, based on a quantitative regression analysis on the test data of 184 FRP beams from published literature, this paper proposes a new evaluation formula for the shear strength of FRP beams without web reinforcement. This new formula systematically evaluate the effects of the influencing variables, and the evaluation results are more reasonable and accurate than that of the current code design formulas.

Key words: FRP bars, beams without web reinforcement, shear strength, regression analysis

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