THE APPLICATION OF CFRP BARS AND SHEETS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES: A REVIEW

This review aims to carefully analyze how Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) bars and sheets are used in reinforced concrete, focusing on their strength, durability and ability to support a structure. The analysis compiles recent research to look into the positives and negatives of using CFRP rather than steel as a reinforcement for structures. The main parts of this field are bonding ways, extra costs, effects on the environment and how CFRP performs in various situations. The summary points out that CFRP can considerably increase flexural and shear strength in concrete, resist corrosion and create objects that are both durable and light in weight. Despite the expensive cost, limited information about durability and some bonding-related issues, CFRP systems exhibit encouraging effects in applications like flexural strengthening, shear reinforcement and confining concrete columns. Research and new technologies will likely allow CFRP to be more widely used in the future, solving many infrastructure problems