Finite Element Analysis of the Bending Performance Influencing Factors of FRP Reinforced Concrete Beams
Nowadays FRP bars are widely applied in the civil engineering structures as a substitute of steel bars .The low elastic modulus and non - yielding characteristics of FRP bars result in large deformations and wide cracks in concrete beams reinforced with these bars under loading .In order to study the factors that influencing the bending performance of FRP reinforced concrete beams ,the finite element software ABAQUS was used to establish a model of this beam and its bending properties was analyzed as well as the influencing factors .The results of the numerical simulation are in good a-greement with the experimental results of other researchers .