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Table 4 Results of ultimate load, elastic stiffness and energy absorption of beams strengthened with bolt-glass fiber polymer composites (BGFPC)

From: New Anchorage Technique for GFRP Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Beams Using Bolts-End Anchoring System

Specimen

Pu (kN)

KE (kN/mm)

Pre-cracking EA (kN.mm)

Post-cracking EA (kN.mm)

Total EA (kN.mm)

B0-1C

22.59

26.27

11.04

7.52

18.56

B2-C1-D10

42.05

24.74

61.33

103.37

164.7

B4-H-C1-D10

50.78

23.29

74.16

157.07

231.23

B4-H-C1-D6

34.03

24.73

29.11

531.73

560.84

B4-V-C1-D10

46.02

25.57

69.07

190.52

259.59

B6-V-C1-D10

53.8

23.57

67.16

467.64

534.8

B8-H-C1-D10

72.32

24.19

145.47

148.53

294

B8-H-C1-D6

49.05

34.53

23.15

442.95

466.1

B2-C2-D10

45.31

35.12

47.92

492.42

540.34

B4-H-C2-D10

61.57

34.21

95.55

167.59

263.14

B4-H-C2-D6

36.77

21.24

42.44

143.07

185.51

B4-V-C2-D10

56.4

31.20

51.12

120.83

171.95

B6-V-C2-D10

93.54

28.21

73.56

376.24

449.8

B8-C2-D10

78.86

31.17

79.50

73.76

153.26

B8-H-C2-D6

57.35

40.40

28.32

447.79

476.11

B2-C3-D10

50.8

30.60

64.20

558.33

622.53

B4-H-C3-D10

77.47

33.25

135.74

12.59

148.33

B4-H-C3-D6

44.45

27.27

54.56

317.7

372.26

B4-V-C3-D10

64.17

32.41

84.83

137.3

222.13

B6-V-C3-D10

77

33.33

118.78

54.1

172.88

B8-H-C3-D10

89 0.7

33.22

161.59

21.13

182.72

B8-H-C3-D6

71.97

39.03

92.33

316.02

408.35