Design Equations for Flexural Capacity of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Glass Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Bars
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 20, Issue 3
Abstract
The flexural failure mode of concrete beams reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars changes from GFRP rupture to concrete crushing as the reinforcement ratio increases. Due to the uncertainties of material strengths, assumptions made in analysis, and variations in locations of reinforcements and dimensions of sections, there is a transition region where both flexural failure modes are possible. An iterative procedure is required when GFRP rupture governs the design. To avoid this iteration, the current American standard adopts a simplified but conservative procedure. In this study, the upper bound of the reinforcement ratio for beams in the transition region is revised. Moreover, a simplified yet rational design equation for calculating the flexural capacity of under-reinforced beams is proposed based on rigorous sectional analyses. Also, alternative design equations based on regression analyses are developed to predict the flexural capacity of beams in the transition region and over-reinforced beams, respectively. Moreover, the performance of the proposed equations is compared to that of design equations of recent standards by comparing their predictions with experimental results of 173 GFRP reinforced concrete beams collected from the available literature.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Basic Research Program of China (Project No. 2012CB026201) and the Project of Shanghai Science Technology Commission (No. 14DZ1208302).
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Received: Feb 7, 2015
Accepted: Aug 6, 2015
Published online: Oct 19, 2015
Discussion open until: Mar 19, 2016
Published in print: Jun 1, 2016
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