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Flexural behaviour of concrete beams internally reinforced with GFRP rods and steel rebars
Use of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite rods, in lieu of steel rebars, as the main flexural reinforcements in reinforced concrete (RC) beams have recently been suggested by many researchers. However, the development of FRP RC beam design is still stagnant in the construction industry and this may be attributed to a number of reasons such as the high cost of FRP rods compared to steel rebars and the reduced member ductility due to the brittleness of FRP rods. To resolve these problems, one of the possible methods is to adopt both FRP rods and steel rebars to internally reinforce the concrete members. The effectiveness of this new reinforcing system remains problematic and continued research in this area is needed. An experimental study on the load-deflection behaviour of concrete beams internally reinforced with glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rods and steel rebars was therefore conducted and some important findings are summarized in this paper.
Flexural behaviour of concrete beams internally reinforced with GFRP rods and steel rebars
Use of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite rods, in lieu of steel rebars, as the main flexural reinforcements in reinforced concrete (RC) beams have recently been suggested by many researchers. However, the development of FRP RC beam design is still stagnant in the construction industry and this may be attributed to a number of reasons such as the high cost of FRP rods compared to steel rebars and the reduced member ductility due to the brittleness of FRP rods. To resolve these problems, one of the possible methods is to adopt both FRP rods and steel rebars to internally reinforce the concrete members. The effectiveness of this new reinforcing system remains problematic and continued research in this area is needed. An experimental study on the load-deflection behaviour of concrete beams internally reinforced with glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rods and steel rebars was therefore conducted and some important findings are summarized in this paper.
Flexural behaviour of concrete beams internally reinforced with GFRP rods and steel rebars
Leung, H.Y. (author) / Balendran, R.V. (author)
Structural Survey ; 21 ; 146-157
2003-10-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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