Application of fiberglass rebar

References of worldwide projects using composite fiberglass rebar

The first mass production of composite reinforcement began in 1974 in the USA. At the moment, the largest number of major global producers are located there.

In the early 80s, fiberglass reinforcement of concrete bridges began to be used in Germany, Japan and a number of other countries.

Composite reinforcement has a wide range of applications:

  • Road construction
  • Construction of buildings (floors and foundation reinforcement)
  • Marine and coastal structures
  • Railway tracks
  • Bridge construction
  • Metro construction
  • Construction of chemical structures
  • Landscape design

The United States of America

San Antonio, Texas: University Building, 1986

Fiberglass rebars were used in the walls and perimeter beams; also reinforcing concrete floor system.

San Antonio, Texas: hospital building

In 1985, fiberglass rebars were used in the construction of supports, columns and beams for installing an MRI machine. In a 1988 project, composite reinforcement was used to construct concrete plinths supporting a large magnet

Atlanta, GA: Channel Plates.

Quality Precast Limited has developed a non-ferrous metal channel plate reinforced with fiberglass rebars.

Due to the ability of reinforcing bars to withstand harsh environmental conditions, they are now used for industrial applications.

South Dakota: Bridge, 1992

The bridge is made of reinforced concrete prestressed slabs, one-third consisting of fiberglass rebars.

Miami: four-kilometer railway overpass, 2009

The use of composite rebars in the construction of overpasses ensures the durability of the honeycomb fabric, as well as increases the service life of the rail system and reduces maintenance and repair costs.

Japan

Floating bridge.

Fiberglass reinforcement is used to secure fenders to the pier.

Hexagonal marine structure, 1993

Concrete floating blocks are connected by fiberglass anchors.

Austria

Vienna: City Station, 2009

The walls of the lower floors and piles are made of fiberglass rebars, without the use of steel, in order to avoid the occurrence of induced currents from the adjacent metro tunnel.

Germany

Magdeburg: University Square, 2005

Laying railway tracks using fiberglass reinforcement.

Berlin: Covered parking lot at the Forum Steglitz shopping center, 2006.

During the construction of the parking lot, a mesh of fiberglass reinforcement with a diameter of 8 mm was used.

This method of reinforcing a slab with an area of 6400 m2 made it possible to increase its corrosion resistance and reduce cracking.

Peine: Metallurgical Plant "Pine Treger", 2009

Fiberglass rebar with a diameter of 3.5 mm is used in the construction of a glass melting furnace foundation.

Stuttgart: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 2010-2011.

Composite reinforcement is used in the construction of high-precision laboratories.

Canada

Ontario: Irwin Creek Bridge, 2007.

Mesh is used in bridge construction made of composite rebars with a diameter of 16 mm.
Fiberglass reinforcement is not subject to corrosion and prevents cracking.

Waterloo: Quantum Technology Centre, 2008.

Fiberglass rebar with a diameter of 16 mm was used to reinforce floor slabs.

Russia

Ekaterinoslavka village, Amur region: the world's first bridge with laminated wooden beams, 1975.

The project was carried out by the “Department of Bridges and Tunnels" of the Khabarovsk Polytechnic Institute, now the Pacific State University, under the leadership of Professor V.I. Kulisha.
The bridge is single span, 9 m long. The span consists of six wooden prestressed beams combined with a reinforced concrete slab roadway. Each beam with a section of 20x61 cm contains
4 prestressed bundles of fiberglass rebars, four rods each with a diameter of 6 mm.

Perm - Izhevsk: section of the highway from M-7 "Volga“, 55 km before the road bend to Novye Alnashi village, in the direction of Izhevsk, 2012.

In order to strengthen the roadway from transverse-longitudinal cracks and rutting, Alnashsky Road Department laid reinforcing mesh between layers of asphalt during major repairs. The reinforcing mesh is made of fiberglass rebars with a diameter of 8 mm and a cell of 30x30 mm. The mesh was tied with polyethylene strands.

Novorossiysk: shore protection, two-story boxes, 2012.

Composite reinforcement was used in a 6-meter high retaining wall and foundation pad, strip foundation, monolithic floors and monolithic walls of buildings.
In this case, fiberglass rebar is better than metal, since it does not collapse under the influence of salt water and corrosion, and is also cost-efficient, has less weight, greater strength and reliability.

Morgaushsky district, Chuvash Republic: open area of the exhibition complex of the Sespel plant, 2018.

The concrete platform is reinforced with a mesh of fiberglass rebars with a diameter of 8 mm.

Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic: production workshops of Temp LLC, 2019.

Floors reinforcement for placing large-sized CNC machines was completed using composite rebars with a 8 mm diameter.

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