INVESTIGATION OF CURE EFFECT IN HYBRID USE OF GFRP BOX PROFILES WITH CONCRETE

Ferhat AYDIN ¹ , Mehmet SARIBIYIK ¹

In this study, concrete, which has high compressive strength, with Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) box profiles that have high tensile strength, have been used as a hybrid materials and experimental study have been carried out to investigate the curing effects. In the experimental study, part of the fresh concrete is filled into the plywood mould and the other part of the concrete is filled into the GFRP box profiles. Part of the samples, which formed in wooden mould, are put into the curing water for 28 days and remaining of them and concrete filled into the GFRP box profiles waited in the natural condition. The compressive tests have been applied to the concrete samples and results are compared graphically. The experimental outcomes demonstrate that although the hybrid use of concrete was not kept in the curing condition the concrete samples were very little lost the strength.

Keywords
Hyrbid Material, Composite, Concrete Cure, Compressive Strength, FRP,