..., and the monitoring data indicated that the prestress applied to the CFRP bars was effectively sustained after the prestressing process. Subsequent four-point bending tests revealed a distinct failure mode for the strengthened stone beams, characterised by significant deflection and the development of multiple...

...Laurence D Wesley, ME, MSc (Eng), PhD, MASCE; Michael J D Dobie, BSc, MSc, DIC, CEng, FICE, FCIHT The cone penetration test (CPT) was developed in the Netherlands in the early 1930s as a deep-sounding apparatus that measured cone resistance and was used to assess the distribution of alluvial soils...