Fiber/Epoxy Composites Strengthen Bridge Columns
by Ski Brown, California Dep of Transportation, Sacramento, United States,Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Materials: Performance and Prevention of Deficiencies and Failures
Abstract:
The California Department of Transportation is using high strength fiber/epoxy composites to strengthen existing reinforced concrete bridge columns. These advanced composite materials are used to give existing columns the necessary flexural ductility and shear capacity to resist earthquake loads. The strengthening of these columns is a part of an overall effort by this State to retrofit existing bridges so that they are capable of withstanding the current design earthquake loads.
Subject Headings: Composite bridges | Composite columns | Strength of materials | Bridge columns | Structural strength | Fiber reinforced composites | Concrete bridges | Fiber reinforced concrete
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