Abstract: The viability of effective force testing (EFT), a real-time dynamic testing procedure for large-scale structures, has been validated by comparing results of tests on idealized structural models to analytical results. In ...

Abstract: Effective force testing (EFT) is a test procedure that can be used to apply real-time earthquake loads to large-scale structural models. The implementation of the EFT method requires velocity feedback compensation for the ...

Abstract: Serviceability requirements can often control the design of glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP)-reinforced concrete flexural members due to the lower stiffness of GFRP than of steel. ACI Committee 440 crack control ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study that investigated the physical properties, longitudinal tensile properties, and bond strength of a new generation of glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars. Five commercially ...

Abstract: The new American Concrete Institute (ACI) design code for glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP)–reinforced concrete (RC) members specifies a single value of 1.20 for the bond-dependent coefficient (kb) of all types of GFRP ...

Abstract: Design guides for fibre-reinforced polymer-reinforced concrete (FRP-RC) require that the design tensile strength of FRP bars be determined by multiplying the guaranteed tensile strength by an environmental reduction factor ...