Research Papers
The technology of reinforced concrete is facing a serious degradation problem in structures due to the corrosion of steel rebar. In Australia, the repair costs are estimated to be close to 26 billion dollars.
Several options have been explored, most notably the use of galvanized steel rebar, epoxy coated or stainless steel. The results, however, have been disappointing as these solutions have turned out to be less than effective or cost prohibitive.
Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar has proven to be the solution. Lightweight, corrosion resistant, and offering excellent tensile strength and high mechanical performance, V•ROD rebar is installed much like steel rebar, but with fewer handling and storage problems.
Creep behaviour in FRP Rebars
- Effect of Sustained Load and Environment on Long-Term
Tensile Properties of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcing Bars - NSERC Research Chair in Innovative FRP Composite Materials for Infrastructure
- Creep B 1 ehaviour and Residual Tensile Properties of GFRP 2 Reinforcing Bars Subjected to Different Sustained Service Loads
Bond Performance of near surface mounted FRP Bars
- ASCE JCC Paper on V•ROD NSMB – Bond Behaviour – (Dr Benmokrane February 2010)
- CJCE Paper on V•ROD NSMB – Beams Flexure – (Dr Benmokrane April 2010)
- Progress Report No 1 CFRP V•ROD-Hilti Pullout NSM -Final-Benmokrane-
- Near surface reinforcing design CFRP – V•ROD
Behaviour of concrete piles and columns reinforced with FRP
- Behaviour of concrete piles and columns reinforced with FRP
- DeLuca_et_al-2010-Behavior of Full-Scale Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete Columns under Axial Load
- Technical Report – GFRP Reinforced Concrete Columns – Pultrall-UdeS _Benmokrane dec 2009
Economic Bennifets V•ROD in Bridge Decks
Fire Rating
- Figure T7
- Behaviour of GFRP Reinforcing Bars Subjected to Extreme Temperatures
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