During the research, a new prestressing system was developed for carbon fiber reinforced polymer plates to reinforce damaged steel beams. A parametric analysis was performed using finite element modeling. The results showed that satisfactory amplification efficiency can be achieved using the new pre-voltage system. The prestressed carbon fiber significantly increased the performance when bending beams at the elastic and elastic-plastic stages due to the use of high-strength carbon fiber plates. In addition, as the pre-voltage level increased, the amplification efficiency increased. A simple increase in the area or modulus of elasticity of the carbon fiber plate slightly improved the hardening efficiency, while the simultaneous application of prestressing clearly increases the hardening efficiency.

Keywords: reinforcement, steel beam, prestressing, new system, carbon fiber plate