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Steel Plates on sides of beam for shear strengthening

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itez

itez

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May 5, 2013
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What do you think about steel plates epoxied (full structural epoxy) on sides of beam for shear strengthening?

Steel yields and not brittle while FRP are brittle. So steel plates could be safer and more effective?

 
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