Flexural behaviour of concrete thin sheets prestressed with basalt-textile reinforcement

•Flexural behaviour of non-prestressed and pre-stressed basalt textile reinforced concrete isinvestigated and discussed.•A practical prestressing rig for application to textile reinforced concrete composites is developed and presented.•The role of reinforcement ratio, location, number of layers and plies are explored.•The role of prestressing level, prestressing release day and curing time are explored and presented.