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ABSTRACT ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES viii

LIST OF FIGURES ix

LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVATIONS xi

1 INTODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL

1.2 FLEXURAL STRENGTHENING OF BEAM

1.3 ADVANTAGES OF CFRP

1. 4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.5 SCOPE OF PRESENT WORK

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 GENERAL

2.2 LITERATURE STUDY

2.3 SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE

3 MATERIAL PROPERTIES

3.1 GENERAL

3.2CEMENT

3.3 COARSE AGGREGATE

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3.4 FINEAGGREGATE

3.5 WATER

3.6CFRP PROPERTY

3.7METHODOLOGY

4 MIX DESIGN

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 MIX DESIGN FOR M25 GRADE CONCRETE

4.2.1SPECIFICATIONS FOR MIX DESIGN

4.3 MIX DETAILS

5 NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION

5.1 GENERAL

5.2ANSYS MODEL DESCRPTION

5.3 ANSYS MODELING PROCEDURE

5.3.1ENGINEERING DATA

5.3.2 GEOMETRY CREATION

5.3.3ASSIGNING THE SECTION PROPERTIES

5.3.4 ASSIGNING THE SECTIONPROPERTIES

5.3.5 MATERIAL PROPERTIES

5.3.6 MESH GENERATION

5.3.7 LOADING PATTERN

6 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2SIZE OF TEST SPECIMEN USED

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6.3CURING OF TEST SPECIMENS

6.4TESTS ON HARDENED CONCRETE

6.4.1 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

6.4.2FLEXURAL STRENGTH

6.4.3SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH

6.4.4RC BEAM TEST

7 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2NUMERICAL RESULTS

7.3 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

7.3.1 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

7.3.2 SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH

7.3.3 FLEXURAL STRENGTH

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