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Basalt fiber reinforced polymer grids as an external reinforcement for reinforced concrete structures

Research Authors
Nageh Mohammed Ali, Xin Wang, Zhishen Wu, and Ahmed Yehia Hassanein.
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2015
Research Journal
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
Research Publisher
sage
Research Vol
34(19)
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
1-13
Research Website
http://jrp.sagepub.com/content/34/19/1615.abstract
Research Abstract

This paper presents series of experimental studies on newly developed basalt fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) grids forthe flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams. The study includes tensile behavior of the basalt FRP grids withthree types of thickness, bonding behavior between the basalt FRP grids and the concrete with epoxy resin, and flexuralbehavior of the reinforced concrete beams strengthened with basalt FRP grids. The results revealed that the modulus ofelasticity of the basalt FRP grids ranged between 40 and 43 GPa, and their tensile strength ranged between 815 and931 MPa. The bond stress–slip behavior of the basalt FRP grids and concrete exhibited a ductile failure manner incomparison to that of FRP sheets and concrete; the bond strength of the tested basalt FRP grids was in the range of3.26–6.06 MPa, and its slip at peak ranged between 0.15 and 0.4 mm. Beams strengthened with basalt FRP grids failed bycrushing of compressive concrete or fiber reinforced polymer rupture and no debonding failure was observed for any ofthe tested beams.