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  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China.

Polymers
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alternative to steel reinforcementbearing capacitychallenging environmentscrack resistanceductilityfiber volume fraction (FVF)glass-fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) slabsglass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP)steel-fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC)

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