Flexural and shear behaviour of FRP-RC members

The design of fibre-reinforced polymer reinforced concrete (FRP-RC) is typically governed by serviceability limit state requirements rather than ultimate limit state requirements as conventional reinforced concrete is. Thus, a method is needed that can predict the expected service load deflections of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced members with a reasonably high degree of accuracy.; A need to develop an accurate equation which can predict the concrete contribution to shear has also arisen as a result of the differences between the behaviour of FRP-RC members and conventional steel reinforced concrete (RC) members. The objective of the thesis is to evaluate existing formulas for predicting the deflection and concrete shear capacity of FRP reinforced concrete beams.; An experimental investigation was undertaken to test FRP-RC beams which contained no stirrups and failed in shear. These beams allowed for a direct calculation of the concrete contribution to shear to be made since no stirrups were present. Based upon the experimental results, code equations of determining the concrete contribution to shear and the midspan deflection of the beams were evaluated. Here, it was found that the JSCE equation was the most accurate for predicting the concrete contribution to shear, while the CSA S806-02 was the most accurate for predicting the deflection behaviour. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)...