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Worldwide experience of using GFRP reinforcement

The first experience of using fiberglass comes from 1956 in the United States. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was developing a house made of polymeric fiberglass materials. It was intended for one of the attractions in the Disneyland park in California. The house served for 10 years until it was replaced by another attraction and demolished.

Interesting fact! Canada tested a float, made using glass, that served for 60 years. The test results showed that there was no significant deterioration in the strength of the material over six decades.

When the metal ball hammer intended for demolition touched the structure, it just bounced off like a rubber ball. The building had to be demolished by hand.

In the following decades, it was decided to use composite polymer materials for reinforcing concrete structures. In different countries (USSR, Japan, Canada and the USA) they developed and tested innovative products.

Some examples of foreign experience of polymer composite fittings:

Before the mid-1990s, there were over a hundred commercial projects in Japan. Detailed recommendations for design and construction involving composite materials were developed in Tokyo in 1997.
In the 2000s, China became the largest consumer in Asia, using fiberglass in various areas of construction - from underground works to bridge decks.
In 1998, a winery was built in British Columbia.
The use of GFRP in Europe began in Germany; it was used for the construction of a road bridge in 1986.
In 1997, the Headingley Bridge was built in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
During the construction of the Joffre Bridge in Quebec (Canada), dams, roadways and roadblocks were reinforced. The bridge was opened in 1997, and optical sensors were installed in the reinforcement structure for remote monitoring of deformations.
In the United States, it is widely used in the construction of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) rooms.
It was used in the construction of the world's largest subways - in Berlin and London, Bangkok, New Delhi and Hong Kong.

Let's consider the world experience of using fiberglass reinforcement in construction using examples.

Industrial facilities

Niederrhein Gold (Moers, Germany, 2007 - 2009).

Non-metallic reinforcement to prevent cracking. Reinforced area - 1150 m2.

The foundation of a steel furnace with a diameter of 3.5 meters.

Buildings of research centers

Center for Quantum Nanotechnology (Waterloo, Canada), 2008.

Composite fiberglass is used for continuous operation of the device during research.

Max Planck Institute for Solid Particle Research (Stuttgart, Germany), 2010-2011

Fiberglass ribs are used in the construction of high-precision laboratories.

Parking lots and train stations

Station (Vienna, Austria), 2009.

In order to avoid the penetration of induction currents from the adjacent subway tunnels, the reinforcement of the drilled piles and the walls of the lower floors does not contain steel.

Closed parking lot in the Forum Steglitz shopping center (Berlin, Germany), 2006.

Network from Ø8 mm GFRP reinforcement is used. The goals of strengthening - resistance to corrosion and prevention of cracking. Reinforced area - 6400 m2.