Abstract
A total of seven beam specimens were carried out to investigate the shear behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) grid with epoxy mortar, considering various shear span ratios, concrete strengths and intervals of CFRP grid. According to the test results, the nonlinear regression analysis was conducted and further a prediction method of shear capacity was proposed for CFRP grid-strengthened RC beams. The results showed that the shear behavior of strengthened beams were obviously improved, mainly due to CFRP grid. The shear strengthening effects of CFRP grid not only had a relation to the intervals of grids, but also were closely related to the shear span ratios and the concrete strengths, and thus both of them also cannot be ignored in design. The novel prediction method proposed in this paper, was verified by collecting data and regarded as a good predictor.
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