Load testing of an FRP bridge deck on a truss bridge

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-102

  Alampalli, Sreenivas ^a   Kunin, Jonathan ^a  

^a New York State Education Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Bridge rehabilitation; Deck replacement; FRP bridge decks; Load testing; Truss bridges

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOAD TESTING; REPAIR; SERVICE LIFE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TRUSSES;

BRIDGE REHABILITATION; CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK; DECK REPLACEMENT; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE DECK; LOAD TRANSFER; TRUSS BRIDGES;

BRIDGE DECKS;

EID: 0037357164     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022885728627     Document Type: Article

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