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This paper presents a simplified shear design method for reinforced concrete beams strengthened externally with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets. This design method combines both the strip method and the shear friction approach. The background of the strip method is presented in detail, including the interface shear strength curve, which is compared with some available bond test data found in the literature. A parametric study is performed to propose two simplified equations, which describe the FRP sheet contribution. This contribution is added to the discrete shear friction formulation and, by derivation, a continuous and simplified design equation is proposed. This method well describes the interaction between the concrete, the stirrups, and the FRP sheets. A variable concrete crack angle is used, which enhances the accuracy of the model. No iteration is required. The proposed design formulation gives conservative predictions with 35 experimental test results found in the literature.
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