The aim of this software is to assist the user in calculating the CFRP dimensions required to provide (a) flexural strengthening, (b) shear strengthening and (c) column confinement. These three topics are treated in the next sections, which present the theoretical basis of the calculations.
The calculation procedures employed in this program are based in the fib Bulletin No. 14: "Design and use of Externally Bonded FRP Reinforcement for RC Structures". Additional and auxiliary calculation methods are taken from “Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures”, as well as ”Eurocode: - Basis of structural design”.