Investigation on concrete beams reinforced with basalt rebars as an effective alternative of conventional R/C structures

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 1183-1191

  Urbanski, Marek ^a   Lapko, Andrzej ^b   Garbacz, Andrzej ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b BIALYSTOK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basalt rebars; BFRP; Bond; Flexural capacity; Reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891688637     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.04.149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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