Flexural testing of an epoxy oversized strand model under traction

Experimental flexural tests are conducted on an epoxy oversized 1×6 strand; the objectives of these tests are to measure the bending stiffness and the associated strains. Three sets of boundary conditions are applied. The bending stiffness is deduced from the transverse midspan deflection and is found to be dependent on the axial force and the moment distribution. The deduced bending stiffness is compared to values computed from the theoretical bending stiffnesses.