Large scale hybrid FRP composite girders for use in bridge structures - Theory, test and field application

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 573-585

  Hejll, Arvid ^a,b   Täljsten, Björn ^a,c   Motavalli, Masoud ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Glass fibres; B. Adhesion; C. Analytical modeling; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE BRIDGES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; COMPOSITE GIRDERS; LIGHT WEIGHT; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 23944484091     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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