The flexural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with an iron based-shape memory alloys strip(Fe-SMAs) by a near-surface mounted (NSM) method was evaluated. The pre-strained values of 0% and 4% and introduced prestressing force by an activation of a shape memory effect of the Fe-SMA strengthening material were considered as experimental variables. The experimental results show a large increase in initial stiffness of beams reinforced with 4% pre-strain. On the contrary, The effect of prestressing seems to be insignificant on the yielding and ultimate loads of tensile bars.

In this paper, the bond stress of Fe based Shape Memory Alloy(Fe-SMA) with near surface mounted strengthening was investigated. An lab-shear test using Fe-SMA strips glued with cementitious matrix was performed to evaluate bond stress. Bond length (250 mm, 350 mm, 450 mm) was considered as experimental variable. The bond stress and utilization of Fe-SMA are 1.487MPa and 80%, respectively, at the bond length of 450 mm.

In this paper, the recovery stress of Fe based Shape Memory Alloy(Fe-SMA) was investigated. The temperature of the Fe-SMA was heated to 160℃ and then cooled to evaluate the recovery stress. Pre-strain 2% and 4% was considered as experimental variables. The recovery stress of pre-strain 2% and 4% are 358MPa and 397MPa, respectively.