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 …

Concrete columns reinforced with GFRP and BFRP bars under concentric and eccentric loads: Experimental testing and analytical investigation

N Elmesalami, F Abed, AE Refai - Journal of Composites for …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Twelve concrete columns reinforced longitudinally with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars
were tested under both concentric and eccentric loadings. The investigated parameters …

[HTML][HTML] FRP bar-reinforced ultra-high-performance concrete plates with a grouting sleeve connection: Development and flexural behavior

JJ Zeng, SP Chen, P Feng, Y Zhuge, KD Peng… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars have been proposed for use in ultra-high performance
concrete (UHPC) as the reinforcement to mitigate/avoid the post-peak strain softening of …

Experiments and predictive modeling of optimized fiber-reinforced concrete columns having FRP rebars and hoops

J Baili, A Raza, M Azab, K Ali, MH El Ouni… - Mechanics of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This research studies the structural performance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (glass-
FRP) reinforced concrete (RC) columns incorporating glass hybrid fibers (GFC) and steel …

Effect of axial compression ratio on seismic behavior of GFRP reinforced concrete columns

L Sun, Z Yang, Q Jin, W Yan - International Journal of Structural …, 2020 - World Scientific
Traditional reinforced concrete columns have demonstrated poor seismic performance
especially in corrosive environment as the reinforcement bars experience severe corrosion …

Artificial neural network (ANN) and finite element (FEM) models for GFRP-reinforced concrete columns under axial compression

HF Isleem, BA Tayeh, WS Alaloul, MA Musarat, A Raza - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In reinforced concrete structures, the fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) as reinforcing rebars
have been widely used. The use of GFRP (glass fiber-reinforced polymer) bars to solve the …

Compressive behavior and design method of BFRP bars constrained with a BFRP spiral with different spacings in concrete members

Y Tang, Z Sun, Y Wei, X Zou - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides an experimental study on the compressive behavior and design method
of BFRP bars constrained with a BFRP spiral with different spacings in concrete columns …

ColumnsNet: neural network model for constructing interaction diagrams and slenderness limit for FRP-RC columns

A Tarawneh, G Almasabha, Y Murad - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Predicting the axial capacity and behavior of concentrically, eccentrically, and slender
loaded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-RC columns is not completely established, and the …