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. 2020 May 1;13(9):2097. doi: 10.3390/ma13092097
Af area of FRP tension reinforcement (mm2) h1 Distance from neutral axis to center of tensile reinforcement (mm)
h2 distance from neutral axis to extreme tension fiber (mm)
a shear span (mm) Icr moment of inertia of transformed cracked section (mm4)
BS bending stiffness of beam Ie effective moment of inertia (mm4)
b effective beam width (mm) Ig gross moment of inertia of uncracked section (mm4)
C spacing or cover dimension. (mm) kb bond-dependent coefficient
d distance from the extreme compression fiber to the centroid of tension force (mm) Lg length of the uncracked section (mm)
Mcr cracking moment (kN·m)
db bar diameter (mm) Mn nominal moment capacity (mm)
dc Thickness of concrete cover measured from extreme tension fiber to center of bar or wire location closest thereto (mm) p applied load (kN)
pu ultimate load (kN)
s spacing between the longitudinal reinforcement bars (mm)
Ec modulus of elasticity of longitudinal reinforcement (MPa) w maximum crack width (mm)
Ef modulus of elasticity of longitudinal reinforcement (MPa) wcr Load of test beam when cracking (mm)
fc cubic compression strength of concrete (MPa) wmean Average crack width (mm)
fck cylindric compressive strength of concrete (MPa) ψ coefficient of strain inhomogeneity of longitudinal bar
ft tensile splitting strength of concrete (MPa) σfk stress in longitudinal reinforcement bar under specified loads (MPa)
ffu Design tensile strength of FRP (MPa)
hh rib height of the bar (mm) τsf bonding strength of steel and carbon fiber
hs rib spacing of the bar (mm) pcr Load of test beam when cracking (kN)
δ mid-span deflection (mm) ρ Longitudinal reinforcement ratio