This paper investigates the effectiveness of epoxy bonding
CFRP sheets to tension flange damaged steel-concrete composite
girders that lost a portion or their entire tension flange at the most
critical location. The experimental results are compared with the
conventional methods of analysis. The writers in a separate article
have addressed the concern of galvanic corrosion, when CFRP is
used in conjunction with steel ~Tavakkolizadeh and Saadatmanesh
2001a!. The results of this study indicated that galvanic corrosion
was not significant and that providing a thin layer of adhesive or
a nonmetallic composite layer between the steel and CFRP could
further reduce it.