Recent Publications

Exploratory Study of Using Hybrid GFRP-Steel Bars in Reinforced Concrete Columns to Improve Seismic Performance (Prepublished). 

Anmol Shanker Srivastava, Girish Narayan Prajapati, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

ACI Structural Journal, Dec 2024,  10.14359/51745488

Viscous Damping and Energy Dissipation of Concrete Columns Reinforced with Hybrid Reinforcement Constituted of Steel Bars and GFRP Spiral and Cross Ties. 

Anmol Shanker Srivastava, Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 504, 85-97,  Sept 2024

Physical and Mechanical Properties of Helical Wrap GFRP Bars for Reinforcing Concrete Structures. 

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Shehab Mehany, Wenxue Chen, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Symposium Paper (ACI Special Publication), 360, 194-211, Mar 2024

Effect of Confinement Level and Staggering on Seismic Performance of Lap-Spliced GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Columns. 

Bahareh Nader Tehrani, Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Journal of Composites for Construction (ASCE), 28 (2), 4024002, Jan 2024

Behavior of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Simulated Seismic Load.  

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

ACI Structural Journal, 120 (1), 3-16, Jan 2023

Performance of Concrete Columns Longitudinally Reinforced with Steel and GFRP Bars and Confined with GFRP Spirals and Cross Ties under Reversed Cyclic Loading.  

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Engineering Structures, 270, 114863, Sept 2022

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Hybrid Reinforcement (Steel/Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer) under Reversed Cyclic Load.   

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

ACI Structural Journal, 119 (4), 141-155, July 2022

Energy Dissipation of Concrete Columns Confined with GFRP Ties Under Reversed Cyclic Loading. 

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Lectures Notes in Civil Engineering, 241, 635-646, June 2022

Effect of Lateral Reinforcement Spacing on Cyclic Loaded GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Columns. 

Girish Narayan Prajapati, Ahmed Sabry Farghaly, and Brahim Benmokrane. 

Lectures Notes in Civil Engineering, 278, 171-178, Sept 2022