Flexural response of steel beams strengthened with partial-length CFRP plates

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-303

  Lenwari, Akhrawat ^a,b   Thepchatri, Thaksin ^b   Albrecht, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges; Fiber reinforced polymers; Flexure; Plates; Retrofitting; Steel beams

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE; LOAD-DEFLECTION; SECTION ANALYSIS; SHEAR LAG ANALYSIS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; BRIDGES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RETROFITTING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRESS;

BENDING STRENGTH;

EID: 25444468000     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2005)9:4(296)     Document Type: Article

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