Shear strengthening of RC beams using near surface mounted FRP bars

This thesis studies retrofitting of RC members using near surface mounting technique (NSM) with FRP bars, describing materials, the whole procedure, the failure modes that accompanies this method of retrofitting and In particular, the shear contribution of FRP bars, factors affecting shear strength of the retrofitted element, a new equation for FRP shear contribution is proposed then appraised using statistical variables and compared with other equations proposed in literature, the sensitivity analysis for the equation variables were also studied and investigated.