Strengthening steel structures and bridges with high-modulus carbon fiber-reinforced polymers: Resin selection and scaled monopole behavior

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1892, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Schnerch, David ^a   Stanford, Kirk ^a   Sumner, Emmett A ^a   Rizkalla, Sami ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATES; MAINTENANCE; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; STEEL BRIDGES;

FATIGUE DAMAGE; LAMINATE STRIPS; STEEL SURFACES; SUPERLIGHT BEAMS (SLB);

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 15544384288     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1892-25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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