Ibrahim Farouq Varouqa

Work place: Isra University – Civil Engineering Department

E-mail: ibraheem.faroq@iu.edu.jo

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Research Interests: Engineering, Civil Engineering

Biography

Ibrahim Farouq Varouqa. Assistant Professor. In academic civil engineering field with 9 years' experience Al Marqab and Isra universities. Projects management with over 18 years’ experience including regional and international projects. Managed all technical aspects of high complex construction projects. Solved problems and made decisions by using of the site data, according to the design goals, local and industry standards. Performed technical expertise of full range of engineering projects. Expert in preparation Arbitration and claim documents. Estimation cost and time for all construction activities. Quality Control. Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2008.

Author Articles
Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams with High Performance Fibers

By Ibrahim Farouq Varouqa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijem.2021.02.03, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2021

High-performance concrete is a specialized series of concrete designed to provide superior mechanical and physical properties that cannot be achieved through the conventional design. Using high-performance concrete in the construction field can reduce the dead weight, provide a longer span, and increase the service life. In this paper, a full experimental program is conducted to study the effect of glass and carbon fibers on the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams. A total of 15 RC beam specimens are prepared and divided into four main groups according to their added fiber materials, which are (S- Steel fiber), and E (E- Glass fiber), carbon fiber, and S-Glass with carbon fiber. All the reinforced fibers are used at 1.5% of the cement weight. The beams are reinforced using the fiber materials at the hinging zone then tested under concentrated static load placed at the mid-span. The results show that using high-performance fibers can improve the ultimate load capacity, ductility, and absorption energy of the RC beams.

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