Abstract: To meet up the requirements of advanced infrastructure, new innovative materials and technologies in construction industry has started to make its way. Any technology or material has its limitations. With structures becoming old and the increasing bar corrosion, old buildings have started to demand additional retrofits to increase their durability and life. Engineers throughout the world including India and China have used Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) to solve their structural problems in an efficient and economical manner. In the field of civil engineering, most of the use of FRP is confined to repairing and strengthening of structures. Use of FRP for confinement has proved to be effective retrofitting and strengthening application. The confinement in seismically active regions has proved to be one of the early applications of FRP materials in infrastructure applications. Confinement may be beneficial in non-seismic zones too, where, for instance, survivability of explosive attacks is required or the axial load capacity of a column needs to be increased due to higher vertical loads. Hence, FRP composites are finding ways to prove effective. Like other materials, FRP also has its limitations. After presenting a brief review on these dimensions, this paper provides a thorough survey of the application of FRP in civil engineering in India and China.
Keywords: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP), Retrofitting, Seismic zones.
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