The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Fiber-reinforced polymers bars for compression reinforcement: A promising alternative to steel bars

N Elmessalami, A El Refai, F Abed - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) have been introduced as alternative reinforcement for
concrete members since decades. Nevertheless, current design codes prohibit the use of …

Axial performance of seawater sea-sand concrete columns reinforced with basalt fibre-reinforced polymer bars under concentric compressive load

Z Xiong, L Lin, S Qiao, L Li, Y Li, S He, Z Li, F Liu… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combined use of basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) and seawater sea-sand concrete
(SSSC) in civil engineering could avoid the consumption of freshwater and river sand and …

Explainable extreme gradient boosting tree-based prediction of load-carrying capacity of FRP-RC columns

AS Bakouregui, HM Mohamed, A Yahia… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a new approach for predicting the load-carrying capacity of reinforced
concrete (RC) columns reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars with an eXtreme …

Behaviour of FRP spiral-confined concrete and contribution of FRP longitudinal bars in FRP-RC columns under axial compression

JJ Zeng, YY Ye, WT Liu, Y Zhuge, Y Liu, QR Yue - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bar-reinforced concrete (RC) columns (FRP-RC columns)
have become increasingly popular since they are durable against harsh environmental …

Experimental investigations on circular concrete columns reinforced with GFRP bars and helices under different loading conditions

MNS Hadi, H Karim, MN Sheikh - Journal of Composites for …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar has emerged as a preferable alternative to steel
bar in reinforced concrete (RC) members in harsh, corrosive, coastal environments in order …

Behavior of concentrically loaded geopolymer-concrete circular columns reinforced longitudinally and transversely with GFRP bars

GB Maranan, AC Manalo, B Benmokrane… - Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The behavior of concentrically loaded geopolymer-concrete circular columns reinforced
longitudinally and transversely with glass–fiber-reinforced-polymer (GFRP) bars was …

Numerical Investigation of Load‐Carrying Capacity of GFRP‐Reinforced Rectangular Concrete Members Using CDP Model in ABAQUS

A Raza, QZ Khan, A Ahmad - Advances in Civil Engineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The present work demonstrates the nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA) of 13
concentrically and eccentrically loaded short rectangular concrete column specimens …

Tests of glass fibre reinforced polymer rectangular concrete columns subjected to concentric and eccentric axial loading

M Elchalakani, G Ma - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcement as an alternative
to steel for use in Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures has developed significantly in recent …

Durability assessment of GFRP bars exposed to combined accelerated aging in alkaline solution and a constant load

JJ Zeng, ZH Hao, QJ Liang, Y Zhuge, Y Liu - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Employing fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars as reinforcement in reinforced concrete (RC)
elements is a promising approach to solve the issues associated with steel corrosion in RC …