Strength and serviceability performance of beams reinforced with GFRP bars in flexure

Biswarup, Saikia and Kumar, Phanindra and Thomas, Job and Rao, Nanjunda KS and Ramaswamy, Ananth (2007) Strength and serviceability performance of beams reinforced with GFRP bars in flexure. In: Construction and Building Materials, 21 (8). pp. 1709-1719.

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Abstract

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars have been identified as an alternate construction material for reinforcing concrete during the last decade primarily due to its strength and durability related characteristics. These materials have strength higher than steel, but exhibit linear stress–strain response up to failure. Furthermore, the modulus of elasticity of GFRP is significantly lower than that of steel. This reduced stiffness often controls the design of the GFRP reinforced concrete elements. In the present investigation, GFRP reinforced beams designed based on limit state principles have been examined to understand their strength and serviceability performance. A block type rotation failure was observed for GFRP reinforced beams, while flexural failure was observed in geometrically similar control beams reinforced with steel rebars. An analytical model has been proposed for strength assessment accounting for the failure pattern observed for GFRP reinforced beams. The serviceability criteria for design of GFRP reinforced beams appear to be governed by maximum crack width. An empirical model has been proposed for predicting the maximum width of the cracks. Deflection of these GFRP rebar reinforced beams has been predicted using an earlier model available in the literature. The results predicted by the analytical model compare well with the experimental data.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Construction and Building Materials
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Keywords:	GFRP;Flexure;Crack width;Deflection
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:38
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/11583

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