Crack pattern of un-strengthened beam, UST-B1 is shown in Fig. 7. It was observed that the vertical cracks were formed along the tension zone similar to that of CB2 whereby the vertical cracks were seen concentrated at the beam mid-span. The first cracks were formed at the load of 4 kN. No significant difference was traced in the crack pattern due to the removal of the shear link in the mid-span. The flexural cracks propagated up to the neutral axis of the beam and failed in bending upon beam failure.