Front Cover -- Structures Strengthened With Bonded Composites -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Symbols -- 1 Fundamental behavior of fiber-reinforced polymers and their bonding technique -- 1.1 Fiber-reinforced polymer constituents -- 1.1.1 General -- 1.1.2 Fibers -- 1.1.3 Matrix materials -- 1.2 Characteristics of fiber-reinforced polymer composites -- 1.2.1 Basic mechanical properties and behavior -- 1.2.1.1 Tensile test method -- 1.2.1.2 Tensile properties of fiber-reinforced polymer composites -- 1.2.2 Property enhancement by hybridization -- 1.2.2.1 Concept -- 1.2.2.2 Effect

1.2.2.3 Design method -- 1.2.3 Temperature-dependent behavior -- 1.2.3.1 High-temperature performance -- 1.2.3.2 Low-temperature performance -- 1.2.3.3 Performance under freezing and thawing cycles -- 1.2.4 Time-dependent behavior -- 1.2.4.1 Fatigue behavior -- 1.2.4.2 Creep behavior -- 1.2.5 Durability behavior -- 1.2.5.1 Fiber degradation -- 1.2.5.2 Matrix degradation -- 1.2.5.3 Fiber-reinforced polymer Composites degradation -- 1.2.5.4 Degradation mechanism of fibers and composites -- 1.2.5.5 Enhancement of corrosion resistance -- 1.2.6 Impact behavior

1.2.6.1 Damage appearance and mechanism -- 1.2.6.2 Comparison of impact resistance for FRP -- 1.3 Fiber-reinforced polymer bonding technique for the concrete and steel structures -- 1.3.1 Installation procedure -- 1.3.2 Strengthening strategy -- References -- 2 Bond characteristics and debonding mechanism of FRP-concrete interface -- 2.1 Interfacial fractures and debonding modes -- 2.2 Stress transfer and fracture propagation of FRP-concrete joints -- 2.2.1 Fundamental formulas -- 2.2.2 Pull-push joint

2.3.2 Factors influencing FRP-concrete interface -- 2.3.2.1 Influence of FRP thickness -- 2.3.2.2 Influence of FRP elastic modulus -- 2.3.2.3 Influence of width of FRP laminates -- 2.3.2.4 Influence of concrete strength -- 2.3.2.5 Influence of FRP effective bond length -- 2.3.2.6 Influence of width of concrete prism -- 2.3.3 Numerical study of bond behavior of FRP-concrete interface -- 2.3.3.1 Experimental observation -- 2.3.3.2 Mode II fracture model (macrorepresentation) -- 2.3.3.3 Mode I fracture model (microrepresentation in concrete)