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Flexural Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete T-Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars
Hasan, Mohamad A. ; Sheehan, Therese ; ; Elkezza, Omar
Hasan, Mohamad A.
Sheehan, Therese
Elkezza, Omar
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2023-02
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© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Structural Engineers. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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The flexural performance of geopolymer concrete (GPC) T-beams reinforced longitudinally with GFRP bars under a four-point static bending test was investigated. Six full-scale simply supported T-beams were cast and tested; one control specimen was made with ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC), while the other five beams were made of geopolymer concrete. The G-GPC2 was designed to attain the same theoretical moment capacity as the G-OPCC6 control beam. The main parameters investigated were the reinforcement ratio of ρ_f/ρ_b= 0.75, 1.05, 1.12, 1.34 and 1.34 for G-GPC1, G-GPC2, G-GPC3, G-GPC4, and G-GPC5, respectively, and compressive strength of geopolymer concrete. Based on the results of the experiments, the ultimate strain of GPC did not show the same behaviour as that of OPCC, which affects the mode of failure. The beam capacity and deflection were, respectively, overestimated and underestimated using the ACI 440 2R-17 predictive equations.
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Hasan MA, Sheehan T, Ashour AF and Elkezza O (2023) Flexural Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete T-Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars. Structures. 49: 345-364.
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