“…Al-Mahmoud et al, 2009, 2010; Barros and Fortes 2005; Barros et al, 2007; Bilotta et al, 2015; Ceroni 2010; El-Hacha and Rizkalla 2004; Ferbabdes et al, 2015; Khakufa 2016; Soliman et al, 2010; Singh et al, 2013; Tang et al, 2006; Wu et al, 2014; Yost et al, 2007; Zeng et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2022) and shear strengthening (e.g. Abdel-Jaber et al, 2021; Al Rjoub et al, 2019; Alwash et al, 2021; Barros and Dias 2006; Barros et al, 2016; De Lorenzis and Nanni 2001; Dias and Barros 2012, 2013, 2017; Jalali et al, 2012; Kotynia 2007; Kuntal et al, 2017; Mofidi et al, 2016; Nanni et al, 2004; Prabhakaran and Joseph 2019; Rizzo and De Lorenzis 2007; Rahal and Rumaih 2011; Saadah et al, 2021; Singh et al, 2012; Wiwatrojanagul et al, 2012) of RC beams using NSM FRPs have been conducted, and these studies have verified the good performance of NSM FRP in improving the flexural and shear capacities of RC beams. However, it was found from these studies that the NSM FRP-strengthened beams frequently failed by debonding, resulting in difficulty in predicting the beam strengths.…”