Research Article
Improvement of Stop-Hole Method on Fatigue-Cracked Steel Plates by Using High-Strength Bolts and CFRP Strips
Table 3
Summary of load cases of test specimens.
| Strengthening method | Specimen | Load range (kN) |
| Unrepaired (Group 1) | 1-1 | 16.7∼166.7 | 1-2 | 19.4∼194.4 | 1–3 | 22.2∼222.2 |
| Only stop-hole (Group 2) | 2-1 | 16.7∼166.7 | 2-2 | 19.4∼194.4 | 2-3 | 22.2∼222.2 |
| High-strength bolt stop-hole (Group 3) | 3–1 | 16.7∼166.7 | 3-2 | 19.4∼194.4 | 3-3 | 22.2∼222.2 |
| High-modulus CFRP (Group 4) | 4–1 | 16.7∼166.7 | 4-2 | 19.4∼194.4 | 4-3 | 22.2∼222.2 |
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