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FRP rebars has great advantages but considering its structural lack of bendability and its brittleness is it structurally practical to use it?

Notice that FRP rebars are used in many countries like usa and they do have special standards and code.

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Date Posted: 2017/03/26
Hany Lotfy
by Hany Lotfy , Structural Consultant , EP Engineering Programs

The problem of FRP is the britile failure (there is no instructions) (sudden tension failure ) , so the factor of safety of tension failure should be higher than for steel reinforcement. That point make FRP difficult to use is seismic area.

 

Mushtaq Hussain Mushtaq
by Mushtaq Hussain Mushtaq , Senior Lab Supervisor , Al Mumayaz Laboratory

FRP will not corode in field conditions, it's low weight, strong in tension and method of construction is same as steel, But it has low moduli of elasticity, tensile force stretches the matrix more than the fibers, tensile force near the end of the fiber exceed the tolerance of the matrix, separating the fibers from the matrix, tensile force can also exceed the tolerances of the fibers themselves to fracture leading to material failure. Conclusion: FRP is an engineered material that shows great promise in the future of Civil Engineering.

Ryan Joseph Quebrar
by Ryan Joseph Quebrar , Civil / Structural Engineer , MAB Consult

That will depend on the structural designer. All materials we use have its own strengths and weakness. When we design usinh a specific material, we define its properties and calculate. We then adjust the quantity required depending on the material's property to satisfy the design requirement.

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