Numerical study on the flexural behaviour of normal- and high-strength concrete beams reinforced with GFRP bar, using different amounts of transverse reinforcement ; Belgium

peer reviewed ; This study was numerically focused on the non-linear behaviour of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforced concrete beams with different amounts of transverse reinforcement. The mid-span deflection of concrete beam cannot effectively be restricted using higher amount of flexural GFRP bars, owing to their low deformability factor. So, the use of high transverse reinforcement ratio is proposed to decrease the mid-span deflection and crack widths. Following this, the effect of reinforcement is required to carefully assess to better understand the flexural behaviour of conc... Mehr ...