Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Benefits Of Using Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer

By Lelia Hall


As of today, a wide array of fiber options are available in the industry. Each of them is useful for the reinforcement of polymer composites. Basically, one of the reasons of corrosion of the reinforcing steel metals is due to the failure of structures made of concrete. This phenomenon cannot be avoided that most concrete composition will crack creating an avenue for chlorides and other substances to oxidize the steel bars. Fiberglass is one of the popular reinforced plastics used for reinforcement fibers particularly for glass fibers.

This material is lightweight and used for different product applications. It is a versatile material due to its weather resistant finish, lightweight, variety of surface textures and inherent strength. A glass fiber reinforced polymer is a successful and proven alternative for construction standards, authoritative consensus guides, product procurement specifications, test methods ad qualification of methods available for the designers.

This is to ensure that designers and owners are safely and commercially implement the reinforcement in different types of structures. Fiberglass is a glass that has been used into different forms of fibers. It is not as strong or stiff as the carbon types, but has characteristics that make it advisable in many applications. It is not also non conductive and generally invisible to all types of transmissions. This makes it an ideal choice when dealing with broadcast or electrical applications.

Most of the mechanical properties and behaviors of fiber reinforced polymers such as the glass fiber and carbon versus the metal reinforcing must be learned and understood by anyone before taking the designs of structures using the said reinforcements. Most of these systems are acceptable alternatives to every steel reinforcement for concrete structures.

The advantages of these systems over steel reinforcement is its flexibility to corrosion. Masonry structures may also benefit from these systems. They are useful to strengthen the structures that is specified by structural engineers in both private and public industries. Using glass fibers are the primary reinforcing fiber in all FRPs.

It is better to consider the best factor when you choose a certain type if reinforced composite for every structural application and try to understand the limit of each fiber to resist the long tern loading. A continuous loading in the fiber polymers has also the abilities to resist many loads, but usually prone to failure, rupture in the structures and long term deflection.

Most of these advantages may also include the high strength, corrosion resistant and lightweight, as well as low thermal conductivity, stable and non conductive. It is also electromagnetically transparent, impact resistant and low life cycle costs. However, it has higher initial costs than steel reinforcements.

FRPs are widely used for structural augmentations in different applications. Also, they can be used in tunnels, roads, bridges, marine environments and slopes. An internal reinforcement has a specific advantage when it comes to tunnel walls where most of the steel augmentation could be damage.

Knowing all of those things about the system is somewhat critical to the success of your structural projects. This way, you will be aware on things that would affect the whole process of your project. Once you understand the materials and the procedures, it would be easier for the project to be done successfully.




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  1. Fibres used in concrete can be defined as a composite material consisting of mixtures of cement for more detail and construction material visit here.

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