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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP)"”.
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Numerical study on shear strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams with and without stirrups using near-surface mounted FRP bars
… technique for increasing the strength of reinforced concrete (RC) members. It is applied to strengthen or repair RC members. Fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) bars are commonly used through the NSM technique to strengthen RC members. However, limited studies on NSM strengthening using FRP …
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Behaviour of FRP strengthened RC Beams with concrete patch repairs subjected to impact loading
… performance levels and serviceability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures are always the priorities of asset managers, engineers and researchers in any country. RC structures in service may fail to adequately perform due to changes in functionality, corrosion attack on the reinforcing …
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Strengthening of timber beams using externally-bonded sprayed fibre reinforced polymers
The use of Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) has grown in popularity in the construction industry. FRP has proven useful in the retrofit of various types of structural elements. It may be used for the strengthening of beams, the seismic upgrade of walls panels, as well as the jacketing of columns to …
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An economic evaluation on FRP for bridge construction in South African coastal areas
Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) have been used for approximately 30 years as concrete strengthening materials in structural applications. This is primarily due to Steel Reinforced Concrete (SRC) being susceptible to the corrosion of reinforcing steel, especially in coastal environments. However, …
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Developing new multiscale models for the numerical simulation of Pultruded GFRP Structural Elements
Pultruded Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) are innovative structural elements gaining popularity for various structural applications due to their unique properties, such as magnetic transparency and an excellent strength-to-weight ratio. These materials have been extensively studied through …
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Characterisation of Glass Fibre Polypropylene and GFPP based Fibre Metal Laminates at high strain rates
Fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) are finding increasing use in structures subjected to high rate loading such as blast or impact. Proper design of such structures requires thorough characterisation of the material behaviour over a range of loading rates from quasi-static to impact. This thesis …
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Zum Tragverhalten von Betonbauteilen mit Faserverbundkunststoff-Bewehrung
… load carrying behaviour of concrete members with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP). Besides a detailed description of the FRP bars, which are used as non-prestressed reinforcement in concrete structures, this thesis contains the state of the art related to the experiments conducted within its scope. …
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Effect of concrete heterogeneity on FRP-to-concrete bond behaviour
Fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) are widely used for strengthening or retrofitting deteriorated structures, due to their various advantages. In FRP-strengthened concrete structure, one of the main failure modes is the premature bond failure, which prevents the exploitation of the full capacity of …
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Ductility and deformability of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete structures
… encountered with steel plates. However, FRP composites do not possess the desired ductile characteristics and, hence, there is hesitance in their use, due to concerns of potentially sudden collapse.<br/><br/>In this research the investigation is based on Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) …
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Performance Evaluation of RC Flexural Elements Strengthened by Advanced Composites
… performance of composite systems made of reinforced concrete, Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) and adhesives was studied during the current research. The experimental investigation was principally concentrated on the potential use of Kevlar® 49 (aramid fibre) for RC beam strengthening. …