Investigating the flexural performance of reinforced concrete beams using eco-friendly geotextile and wire mesh reinforcements
Bassant Hamed, Amr Aly Gamal El-Din, Sayed Salah, M. S. El-Feky · 2026
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Bassant Hamed and co-authors report a 2026 experiment on strengthening concrete beams with greener materials. Reinforced concrete carries much of modern building, but making steel bars uses huge energy. The team tested fabric-like geotextiles and steel wire mesh, plus tiny carbon tubes mixed into the concrete.
Seven small beams were bent until they failed, comparing plain and strengthened versions. Some had mesh or fabric buried inside; others wore it wrapped around the outside. Every strengthened beam carried more load than the plain one, with gains up to about forty-five percent. Beams also bent much farther before breaking and soaked up more energy. Buried wire mesh gave the highest load, while an outer fabric wrap gave the largest bend.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bassant Hamed, Amr Aly Gamal El-Din, Sayed Salah, M. S. El-Feky |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53995 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |