Enhancement of Stiffness in GFRP Beams by Glass Reinforcement

Glass is a stiff material with brittle structural behaviour. Hence, it usually mostly decorative or simply structurally supported, and hardly ever load-bearing element within structure. Although in recent years there have been several experiments its use civil engineering, to date little data has collected design methodologies disseminated. The present study proposes the innovative concept of considering glass as material, cooperating system thanks adhesive joining technique. In detail, case GFRP beam subjected bending herein considered. evaluation stiffness mentioned compared that same reinforced plates different thicknesses. results show possibility increase global element. These outcomes are validated by FEM analysis, which showed excellent agreement analytical ones. effectiveness system, considerable characteristics, allows both respect requirements related displacements elements their service life.