Stronger Longer
Like many older concrete bridges, the Sierrita de la Cruz Creek Bridge, a 1957 crossing near Amarillo, Texas, suffered from concrete deterioration. When the Texas Department of Transportation...
New Bridge Deck Will Use FRP Form and Reinforcement
New Polymer `Combs' Out Filtration Flaws
Structures: Fiberglass Composite Used in Mars Research Station
Composites Enhance Timber Bridges
Two relatively new technologies are available for reinforcing or strengthening timber bridges with fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs). The first consists in reinforcing the tension side...
Gap Analysis for Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite in Civil Infrastructure
Prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. This report provides the results of a study on what is known and not known about the use of...
Closing in on Approval
A lack of qualification criteria and design standards has hindered some engineers from using fiber-reinforced polymers to restore concrete structures. But several organizations�among them,...
Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes Tested
Opting for FRP Bridge Deck Conserves Time and Money
Quality Check
Composite materials, also known as fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs), have traditionally been reserved for aerospace engineering applications because of their high cost. FRPs'...
Glass Rebar's Growing Pain
Although engineers have used glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bar in applications as diverse as winery roofs and bridge decks, a lack of standards and understanding by...
Finding the Right Bond
Professors and students from a Swiss university built a dual-span glass fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge to gain a better understanding of how composite materials behave and how best...
Finite Element Investigation of Concrete Slabs Post Strengthened by Fiber Reinforced Polymers
Longitudinal Lap Splices for Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes
Testing and Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Truss Connections
Analysis and Behavior of Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bolted Connections
Cyclic Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Interior Frame Connections for Pultruded Structures
Shear Tests of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Pultruded Beam-to-Column Connection with Clip Angles
Conventional and Fracture Mechanics Tests for Evaluation of Wood-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Interfaces
Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcements of Laminated Veneer Lumber: Bond Strength and Durability Issues
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