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Glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars, as reinforcement in concrete structures, have several desirable properties over conventional steel bars, such as high tensile strength, low density and resistance to corrosion. However, there are still some concerns about using GFRP bars as longitudinal reinforcement in concrete columns primarily due to their low compressive strength and low modulus of elasticity. It is evident that the compressive behaviour of GFRP bars as longitudinal reinforcement i...

Reinforced concrete (RC) beams may require flexural strengthening due to the corrosion of reinforcing bars or changes in the design load. The near surface mounted (NSM) and externally bonded (EB) techniques, using either glass or carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP or CFRP) composites, are used for strengthening deficient RC beams. However, RC beams strengthened with both techniques are susceptible to the debonding failure of the FRP composites. This paper proposes an innovative anchoring syst...