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Table 3 Design of the test beams

From: Entire mechanical analysis of prestressed CFRP strengthened RC beams under different prestressed introduced methods

Specimen name

Design of prestressing levels

Introducing prestressing methods

CFRP sheet prestrain (µε)

CFRP sheet prestress (MPa)

CL

-

-

-

-

CF-100

100 MPa

Mechanically tensioned prestressed CFRP sheets, two-layered CFRP

480

100.5

CF-200

200 MPa

955

200.0

SCF-100

100 MPa

SMA wires recovered to introduce stress CFRP sheet, two-layered CFRP

491

102.8

SCF-200

200 MPa

929

194.5