Publications

NEx Publications

ACI/NEx MNL-6(23) Recommended Practice Guidelines for FRP Bars in Pre-Engineered Projects

NEx SG23.02(24) Guideline: Bendable Concrete (Engineered Cementitious Composites)

ACI/NEx MNL-7(23)
GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook

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NEx RD23.06 (24) State of the Art: Fire Performance of Concrete with FRP Reinforcement

NEx SG-01(24)
Design and Selection Guidelines for FRP Pultruded Structures

NEx Insights

May 2024:

NEx’s Third-Year Project Funding and Contributions Support Construction Innovation

March 2024:

Two New NEx/ACI Publications Supporting FRP Bars

January 2024:

NEx Activities at the ACI Concrete Convention – Fall 2023

October 2023:

FRP Composites in the Face of Fire: Insights from Research and Industry

August 2023:

NEx’s Second Year of Funding

June 2023:

User Experience and Success Stories with FRP Reinforced Concrete

April 2023:

NEx: 1st Year Impact on Construction Industry Through Funded Projects in 2022

February 2023:

NEx Workshop on Designing Concrete Structures Reinforced with GFRP Bars

December 2022:

NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials

Non-Metallic Reinforcement for Concrete

By Aparna Deshmukh, Ph.D., William Gold, P.E. F.ACI, Gusai H. AlAithan and Antonio Nanni, Ph.D., P.E.

In this article, published in the April 2023 issue of STRUCTURE Magazine, NEx staff provide an overview of what structural engineers should know about Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars, including material specifications, the benefits, and the uses of GFRP in construction.

Download a PDF of the article or view it on STRUCTURE Magazine's website.