Fatigue behavior and connection efficiency of pultruded GFRP beams

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-65

  Nagaraj, V ^a,b,c   Gangarao, Hota V S ^a,d  

^a ASCE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL BAKER JR INC   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC BENDING LOADS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

FAILURE; FATIGUE; GLASS;

EID: 0032004145     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(1998)2:1(57)     Document Type: Article

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