Effectiveness of GFRP sheets for shear strengthening of timber

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-491

  Hay, Shaun ^a   Thiessen, Kenton ^a   Svecova, Dagmar ^a   Bakht, Baidar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b JMBT Structures Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced polymers; Rehabilitation; Reinforcement; Shear strength; Sheets; Timber construction

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORMABILITY; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH;

AVERAGE ULTIMATE LOAD; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; TIMBER CONSTRUCTION;

TIMBER;

EID: 33751276544     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2006)10:6(483)     Document Type: Article

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