The pioneering efforts by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) paved the way for the acceptance of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites in the International Building Code (IBC) in 2009 as a construction material both interior and exterior, through inclusion of appropriate requirements to allow their use in a manner intended by the code alongside traditional building materials. It has always been a Herculean task in getting composites specified as a vi

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Fiber-reinforced plastics replacing coated steel in more reinforced-concrete applications. Concrete has long been used as a building material for its high compressive strength, good durability and low cost. However, its well-known Achilles’ heel is its brittleness and limited tensile strength. This was solved quite handily about a century ago by using reinforcing bars (rebar) of steel in the tension side of concrete structures. Steel rebar is functionally efficient and relati

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Abstract: The use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars is one of the alternatives presented in recent studies to prevent the drawbacks related to the steel reinforcement in specific reinforced concrete members. In this work, six reinforced concrete beams were submitted to four point bending tests. One beam was reinforced with CA-50 steel bars and five with glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars. The tests were carried out in the Department of Structural Engineering in S