2.6 Experimental Set up
The RC beams were tested under four-point bending with a
clear span 2.025m and internal span 0.675m. The RC beam
specimen strengthened using NSM GFRP rod/s and EB CFRP
sheet/s were fixed with strain gages and Linear Voltage
Displacement Transducer (LVDT). One LVDT was placed at
the mid span and the other two were placed under point of
load applications. The flexural testing was performed by
providing loading in load controlled mode at 0.02 kN/s until
failure. The setting up of the flexural testing and the locations
of strain gages and LVDT are shown in Figure 6.