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Composites present a potentially cost-efficient and more durable alternative to the use of externally bonded steel plates for the rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete members, due to their high stiffness-to-weight and strength-to-weight ratios, corrosion resistance and overall ease of application in the field. Although a number of demonstration projects have shown the initial viability of...