Performance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer reinforcing bars in tropical environments - Part II: Microstructural tests

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 816-822

  Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a   Arwikar, S J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Bars; Fibers; Hot weather; Polymers; Testing

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DURABILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOISTURE; POLYMERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; BALLOONS; BARS (METAL); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; GLASS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TESTING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; MICROSTRUCTURAL TESTS; REINFORCING BARS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; HOT WEATHER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL TESTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 28444446774     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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