Open AccessPrepared experimental study for durability verification of FRP reinforced concrete members
Author(s) -
Stanislav Blaho,
Katarína Gajdošová
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1209/1/012055
Subject(s) - fibre reinforced plastic , reinforcement , durability , structural engineering , materials science , reinforced concrete , bending , composite material , reinforced solid , corrosion , flexural strength , engineering
Major advantage of fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) is their high strength and low weight to strength ratio. These are also the main reasons for a choice for this material in the process of design of reinforced concrete structures. Since there is no corrosion of FRP, this reinforcement could be strongly recommended for concrete reinforcement in aggressive environment. Till today there is no sufficient knowledge of long-term behaviour of FRP-reinforced concrete structures. Design codes give low utilization capacity of FRP materials and are not supposed to be correct according to the real behaviour in a few experiments of last decades. Reduction factors limit the mechanical properties in the range from 0.95 for CFRP to 0.5 for GFRP. In the paper there is presented a prepared and today realized long-term experimental study based on four point bending test on simply supported concrete beams reinforced with GFRP reinforcement.