Numerial study on bending behavior of steel and composite polyme concrete beam

Abstract

This paper presents the numerical simulation study using the finite element method to determine the bend behavioir of concrete beam using steel and fiberglass (GFRP). Numerical simulation results are compared with experimental results on four points bending test in this study. The obtained results show the similarity between numerical simulation model and experimental results in aspects such as displacement force curve, failure mode. Besides, some parameters affecting to flexural behavior of RC beam using steel and GFRP were also investigated.