About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Elsayed Tarek Aly – associate professor Tel.: 002-0129777360, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Nagy F. Hanna – associate professor Gouda. M. Ghanem – professor Faculty of Engineering, at Matarya, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt Sameh Yehia – assistant Higher Institute of Engineering, Ashrooq Academy, Cairo, Egypt |
| Title of the article | Behavior of short RC columns reinforced with FRP bars |
| Abstract. | Corrosion of steel reinforcements is one of the most serious defects of reinforced concrete. A lot of money and efforts are needed for repairing corrosion of RC structures. Corrosion of steel in RC columns may lead to complete or partial failure of the building. Consequently, the issue of solving the problem of corrosion of steel rebars in RC columns is very demanding. In this paper the behavior of RC columns reinforced by GFRP bars is studied and compared to the behavior of the traditional steel reinforced columns. The study includes most of the parameters those may affect the behavior of the GFRP reinforced columns. This included replacing steel stirrups by GFRP sheets in two forms, warping the longitudinal reinforcement of the column, and warping the column from the outside. Also the reinforcement percentage was taken as a variable. Ultimate load, axial shortening, and strains in the longitudinal reinforcements were recorded for each test specimen. Data were analyzed and conclusions and design recommendations were drawn. |
| Keywords. | R.C. short columns, FRP rebars. |
| For citations: | Elsayed Tarek Aly, Nagy F. Hanna, Gouda. M. Ghanem, Sameh Yehia Behavior of short RC columns reinforced with FRP bars // Izvestiya KGASU. 2009. №2(12) P.152-216. |
