Fiber Reinforced Structural Insulated Panel Used as Two-Way Slabs

Abstract:

The application of structural insulated panels (SIP) was mainly limited to wall panels in the past. In order to evaluate the flexural performance of SIP two-way slabs, an experimental research on the flexural behavior of four full-size two-way slabs, made of SIP panels or fiber reinforced structural insulated panels, was presented in this paper. The bending capacities and the strains in the face layers were studied and compared with those of ordinary reinforced concrete two-way slabs. Testing results verified that, strengthening of glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets could obviously improve the flexural capacity of SIP slab. Fiber reinforced structural insulated panels could substitute ordinary reinforced concrete slabs in residential or light commercial buildings.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 859)
• Pages: 50-55
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.859.50
• Online since: May 2016
• Authors: Meng Jing*, Werasak Raongjant
• Keywords: Fiber Reinforced Structural Insulated Panel, Flexural Performance, Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), Structural Insulated Panels (SIP), Two-Way Slabs

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