ABSTRACT
Abstract Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) form a new class of prestressing elements. This comprehensive study to investigate the behaviour of CFRP prestressed concrete beams is currently being conducted at EMPA. The first phase of this study focused on simply supported beams where the main emphasis was placed on determining the differences in behaviour between CFRP and steel prestressed concrete members. Apart from the behaviour in the linear elastic (fully prestressed) range the response at ultimate load was of particular interest. The first phase of this research encompassed a series of tests on statically determinate rectangular beams, slab-strips and T-beams [1]. The results of this study are quite revealing and will be published in a comprehensive EMPA report during 1995. This paper summarises the results from selected tests performed on T-beams. Keywords: Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRP), ductility, prestressed concrete, statically determinate, T-beams.
