الفهرس 
Analysis of RC Beams with Openings Strengthened with CFRP
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Abstract
Web openings are used in RC beams to accommodate utilities. A nonlinear FEM is developed to simulate the behavior of RC beams with/without openings and strengthening with CFRP sheets. The developed FEM is validated by modeling 7 simply supported RC beams that were tested under four-point loadings. One specimen is a control beam with no openings. While the 6 other beams had a web opening with various dimensions and locations, two of them were strengthened with CFRP. The developed FEM is utilized to conduct a parametric study on 32 beams to investigate CFRP beams strengthened openings