Fiber composite plates for strengthening bridge beams

Mohammad R. Ehsani; Hamid Saadatmanesh

doi:10.1016/0263-8223(90)90021-6

Fiber composite plates for strengthening bridge beams

Mohammad R. Ehsani, Hamid Saadatmanesh

Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics

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Abstract

Although the use of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) has increased significantly in recent years, its application in civil engineering has been limited at best. The high strength of GFRP and its resistance to corrosion makes it a suitable candidate in many applications where steel has been predominantly used in the past. In this study, five reinforced concrete beams were strengthened by epoxy-bonding GFRP plates along the tension flange of the beams. The load versus deflection curves to failure and the behavior of each specimen under static loading is presented. It is shown that the method presents great potential for solving some of the global problems facing the aging infrastructure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	343-355
Number of pages	13
Journal	Composite Structures
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0263-8223(90)90021-6
State	Published - 1990

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Ceramics and Composites
Civil and Structural Engineering

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