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.