Strengthening timber bridge beams using carbon fiber

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-187

  Buell, Ted W ^a   Saadatmanesh, Hamid ^b  

^a HDR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Bridges, wooden; Composite materials; Fibers; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE REHABILITATION; LOAD CAPACITY; SHEAR CAPACITY; TIMBER BEAMS;

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; TIMBER; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

WOODEN BRIDGES;

BEAMS; BEND STRENGTH; CARBON FIBERS; LUMBER; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

EID: 12344287128     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:1(173)     Document Type: Article

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