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Secondary Reinforcement For FRP Reinforced Concrete
Previous work at Missouri S&T conducted by Koenigsfeld and Myers on Secondary Reinforcement examined three areas 1.) Early-age tensile characteristic of slabs subjected to environmental conditions; 2.) Later-age tensile test and 3.) Crack control of panels tested in flexure. This study proposed to examine early and later-age crack development on restrained panel systems. Panel or slab systems that have a high level of end restraint are the most susceptible to crack formation due to temperature and shrinkage behavior. A schematic of the test set-up is shown in Fig. 1.