Flexural strengthening with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites of preloaded full-scale girders

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 735-742

  Shahawy, Mohsen ^c   Chaallal, Omar ^a   Beitelman, Thomas E ^b   El Saad, Adnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Concrete; Girder; Prestress; T beam

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SERVICE LOADS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035470509     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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