University of Bradford2024-12-162024-12-16https://dspace.academy.edu.ly/handle/123456789/918Unlike GFRP reinforced concrete beams, the hybrid and steel reinforced concrete beams failed in a favourable ductile manner and demonstrated narrow cracks and smaller deflections compared to the GFRP-reinforced control beamAn investigation on the application of hybrid glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) and steel bars bars as longitudinal reinforcement for simple and continuous concrete beams is presented. Three simply and eleven multi-spans continuous reinforced concrete beams were constructed and tested to failureSTEEL BARSBEHAVIOUR OF CONTINUOUS CONCRETE BEAMS REINFORCED WITH HYBRID GFRP/STEEL BARS