Close look at construction issues and performance of four fiber-reinforced polymer composite bridge decks

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Reising, Reiner M W ^a   Shahrooz, Bahram M ^a   Hunt, Victor J ^a   Neumann, Andy R ^a   Helmicki, Arthur J ^a   Hastak, Makarand ^b  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Constructability; Fiber reinforced polymers; Installation; Panels; Thermal factors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTABILITY; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; PANELS; THERMAL FACTORS;

BRIDGE DECKS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; INSTALLATION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 13944281705     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2004)8:1(33)     Document Type: Article

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