Construction and Infrastructure
Glass Fiber Reinforced polymers
Glass Fiber Rebar was uesd throughout the world in us , canda, Japan and European countries since 1970 th
over the last twenty years, several innovation solutions have confirmed the usefulness of building realized with Glass Fiber Reinforcemed Polymers,
GFRP is innovative solution for an enhanced resistance to aggressive environments, which in turn reduces overall and maintenance costs. in addition the lightweight of GFRP composite makes it easier in transportation and use, besides offering a geotechnical advantages for all flat slabs that have to rest on deformable soils , The superior tensile strength to weight ratio of FRP thus allows for a greater load bearing capacity, when compared to conventional building materials .
Advantages
Technical characteristics
Areas of use
- High corrosion resistance to aqueous, alkaline and acid solutions.
- Fiberglass is stronger than steel bars,TensileStrengthforce of metal reinforcement is 360 MPa, and that of composite reinforcement is 1200 MPa.
- The price of fiberglass reinforcement is lower than metal.
- Fiberglass does not interfere with radio waves.
- Fiberglass does not conduct electric current.
- Low specific gravity
- The service life of reinforcing fiberglass is more than 80 years,
- The temperature expansion of fiberglass is on the same level as concrete, which completely eliminates the formation of cracks in the foundation.
- It is steady against seismological activity of the earth.
- It is waste-free since it is delivered in coils of 50/100 running meters and it is cut into necessary size,
- More simply and more economically in transportation.
- In concrete frames of buildings and structures forvarious purposes;
- For light and heavy concrete (foam concrete, cover slabs, floor slabs, and monolithic foundations).
- For layered brickwork; As anchors for fastening external thermal wall insulation for buildings.
- For foundations below the grade level;As meshes and bars in structures.
- As flexible bracings for three-layer stone walls of civil, industrial, and agricultural buildings and structures where such walls include a base layer, a veneered layer, and a layer of rigid insulation.
- For strengthening the shoreline.
- For construction of maritime and port facilities.
- For installation of drainage, reclamation, and sanitation networks.
- For installation of the roadbed and fencingstructures.
- For construction of research centers and medical institutions that may require the use of equipment that is sensitive to electromagnetic oscillations.
- Forcreating hydraulic structures, road construction, reinforced concrete products.
