Glass fibre reinforce polymer structural selection as concrete beam reinforcement

• Main Authors: Mohd. Sam, Abdul Rahman, Abu Hassan, Shukur, Tan, Sim Thyd
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM 2003
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8307/1/AbdulRahmanMohdSam2003_GlassFibreReinforcePolymerStructural.PDF; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8307/; http://portal.psz.utm.my/psz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=305&PHPSESSID=81b664e998055f65b4ccff8f61bf7cb2

Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) made of a combination of continuous fibre embedded in resin matrix is an advanced composite material that has been identified as a potential new construction material. Some of the advantages of FRP are high tensile strength, lightweight, non-magnetic and durable. Since...