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Title: STRENGTHENING AND REHABILITATION USING CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER
Accession Number: 00746754
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In the United States more than 200,000 highway bridges are deficient, many because their load-carrying capacity is inadequate for today's traffic. Strengthening can often be used as a cost-effective alternative to replacement or posting of such bridges. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips are frequently used today instead of steel plates to restore various bridge elements to their original capacity or to provide additional capacity. Experts in the field of fiber composites generally agree that the United States is behind Europe and Japan in the use of these materials for bridge strengthening in the areas of both research and implementation. Several examples of the use of CRCP for strengthening are cited.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Klaiber, F WPagination: p. 17-19
Publication Date: 1998-1
Serial: Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 19 1998 12:00AM
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