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    The document discusses glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP), which is a composite material made of glass fibers embedded in a plastic resin. GFRP offers benefits like high strength, light weight, resistance, design flexibility, seamless construction, low maintenance, and durability. It can be used for both interior and exterior applications in buildings, including domes, entryways, fountains, balustrades, columns, panels, sculptures, roofs, and signs. GFRP has advantages such as being cost effective, easy to shape, heat resistant, strong yet light, and resistant to chemicals, salt water, and the environment.

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    The document discusses glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP), which is a composite material made of glass fibers embedded in a plastic resin. GFRP offers benefits like high strength, light weight, resistance, design flexibility, seamless construction, low maintenance, and durability. It can be used for both interior and exterior applications in buildings, including domes, entryways, fountains, balustrades, columns, panels, sculptures, roofs, and signs. GFRP has advantages such as being cost effective, easy to shape, heat resistant, strong yet light, and resistant to chemicals, salt water, and the environment.

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    The document discusses glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP), which is a composite material made of glass fibers embedded in a plastic resin. GFRP offers benefits like high strength, light weight, resistance, design flexibility, seamless construction, low maintenance, and durability. It can be used for both interior and exterior applications in buildings, including domes, entryways, fountains, balustrades, columns, panels, sculptures, roofs, and signs. GFRP has advantages such as being cost effective, easy to shape, heat resistant, strong yet light, and resistant to chemicals, salt water, and the environment.

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    Glass Fibre Reinforced

    Plastic
    Kristine Jade Manalo
    Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic

    • The technique of moulding Glass Fibre


    Reinforced Plastic is to achieve a composite
    material, composing layers of minute glass
    fibres enclosed in a rigid plastic layer. These
    glass fibre act as reinforcement within the
    plastic (polyester resin), very much as steel
    bars act in reinforced concrete.
    Glass Fibre Reinforced
    Plastic
    • A composite material made of a
    polymer reinforced with fibres
    • Consists of thermosetting resins and
    glass fibres
    Benefits of GFRP
    • High Strength
    • Light Weight
    • Resistance
    • Design Flexibility
    • Seamless Construction
    • Low Maintenance
    • Durability
    Composite Constituents
    • Resins
    • Reinforcements
    • Fillers
    • Additives
    Materials

    Resin
    • used as base material for reinforcement layer
    • transfer stress between reinforcing fibres
    and to protect them from mechanical and
    environmental damage.
    Materials

    Reinforcement
    • Glass fibre is the reinforcement in this
    plastic
    Applications

    • GFRP can be used for both interior


    and exterior fixtures in the variety of
    shapes, styles, and texture; in new
    buildings or restorative. Such as;
    • Domes • Entryways
    • Fountains • Mouldings
    • Balustrade • Facades
    • Columns • Comice
    • Panels • Porticos
    • Sculpture • Cupolas
    • Roofs • Signs
    Uses and Advantages
    • Due to its translucent nature and less weight, it is
    used as a roofing material in various places . It
    also helps to allow only partial light through it.
    • Due its cost efficiency, it is even used as
    partitioning material between two spaces.
    • It can be easily shaped due to its more elasticity.
    • It is a good heat resisting material.
    • Has a very high strength to weight ratio
    • Low weights of 2 to 4 lbs. per square foot
    means, Faster installation, less structural
    framing, and lower shipping costs
    • Resists salt water, chemicals, and the
    environment
    • Unaffected by acid rain, salts, and most
    chemicals
    • Domes and cupolas are resigned together to
    form a one-piece, watertight, structural to
    Mould Complex Shapes Virtually any shape or
    form can be moulded
    • Research shows no loss of laminate properties
    after 30 years
    • Stromberg GFRP stood up to category 5
    hurricane Floyd with no damage, while nearby
    structures were destroyed, this gives a clear
    example about the strength of it
    CHEERS!!!
    🍻🍻🍻

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