This second column taken from my new book Composites for Construction — Structural Design with FRP Materials (published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, N.Y.) focuses on the design of ...

For the design of slabs-on-ground with fiber reinforcement, Chapter 11 in the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) 360R guide provides detailed information and calculations.

Developed by materials expert Gilles Koolen, former coordinator of the Alliance’s Scientific Council, and Vanacker, a 3rd ...

Steel rebars, which are reinforcement bars, are conventional structural reinforcements generally used for reinforcing cement concrete. Under compressive loads, ... Fiberglass fabrics are lightweight ...