Abstract One of the major advantages using glass fiber-reinforced polymer bars as a replacement to traditional steel-reinforced is its lightweight and high-resistant corrosion. This research focuses on performance concrete beams partially/fully reinforced with 50% GFRP were used reinforce partially at flexural zone. While 100% fully compression zones different compressive strength. study report...

Abstract This article reports the material properties of short random discontinuous oriented glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composite is studied. The was prepared using compression molding process. mechanical, structural, and thermal were observed by universal testing machine, FTIR, XRD DSC. FTIR confirms interaction between fibers. Semicrystalline nature confirmed XRD. influence temperat...

This study focused on the contribution of micromechanical parameters on the macro-mechanical response of short fiber composites, namely polypropylene matrix reinforced by glass fibers. In the framework of this paper, an attention has been given to the glass fibers length, as micromechanical parameter influences the overall macroscopic material’s behavior. Three dimensional numerical models were...

A concise state-of-the-art survey of fiber-reinforced polymer ~also known as fiber-reinforced plastic! composites for construction applications in civil engineering is presented. The paper is organized into separate sections on structural shapes, bridge decks, internal reinforcements, externally bonded reinforcements, and standards and codes. Each section includes a historical review, the curre...

Abstract The purpose of this research is to understand the transient fiber orientation and the associated rheology of long glass fiber (> 1mm) reinforced polypropylene, in a well-defined simple shear flow, to extend the results and knowledge gained from these fundamental experiments to the use of simulating (more complex) molding processes. Specifically, we are interested in associating the rhe...

Fiber reinforced composites (FRCs) are more and more widely applied in dentistry to substitute for metallic restorations: periodontal splints, fixed partial dentures, endodontic posts, orthodontic appliances, and some other indirect restorations. In general in FRCs, the fiber reinforcement provides the composite structure with better biomechanical performance due to their superior properties in...