GLASSTO BARS

Civil Engineering

Corrosion of steel reinforcement is one of the main problems facing the construction industries throughout the world. Many methods have been used to minimize the problem but without success. Thus, more durable reinforcements are highly needed to replace conventional steel. Researchers are desperate to find an alternative to steel so they came forward with a revolutionary idea of introducing glass fiber reinforced fiber in the concrete. Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars provide a good alternative reinforcement due to its non-corrodible characteristic. The principal reason of introducing FRP bars is eradicate the losses incurred due to the corrosion of steel. Keeping in mind the above material i.e. GFRP. we are going to compare the beams casted with glass fiber rebar & steel reinforcement and applying sand coating on GFRP bars to obtain bond strength. The results will be studied for flexural strength and bond strength. The composition of both steel & glass fiber rebar and glassto bars (sand coated bars) will also be used and useful design will be developed.

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