The double strap joint splicing of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars for concrete (RC) beams strengthening, applying the near surface mounting (NSM) method, has been proposed in paper. method consists application supplementary GFRP symmetrically positioned cut-off zone main reinforcement. performances this have experimentally tested most unfavorable case reinforcement maximal bending m...

SRI International has investigated the feasibility of measuring representative toughness values for nuclear pressure vessel materials using small cracked round bars (CRBs). We tested a weldment material [Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation (HSSI) Weld 72W with 0.23% copper] at six temperatures (-150%, -800, -500, 00, 230, and 50'C) using CRBs and compared the fracture-toughness results with data ob...