Manufacture, testing and numerical analysis of an innovative polymer composite/concrete structural unit

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Canning, L ^a   Hollaway, L ^a   Thorne, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Research and development; Strength and testing of materials

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FLEXURAL CRUSHING; FOUR-POINT BENDING TESTS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM; COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE; POLYMER;

EID: 0033180499     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/istbu.1999.31566     Document Type: Article

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