Flexural behaviour of concrete beams strengthened with prestressed carbon fibre reinforced polymer sheets subjected to sustained loading and low temperature

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-252

  El Hacha, Raafat ^a   Green, Mark F ^a   Wight, R Gordon ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anchorage; Carbon fibre reinforced polymer sheet; Long term; Low temperature; Prestress losses; Strengthening; Sustained load

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBERS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTIC MODULI; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

REINFORCED POLYMER SHEETS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

BEAM; CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 3042717104     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-091     Document Type: Article

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