Strengthening of circular hollow steel tubular sections using high modulus CFRP sheets

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 839-845

  Fawzia, S ^a   Al Mahaidi, R ^a   Zhao, X L ^a   Rizkalla, S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Bond; Carbon fiber reinforced polymer; Strengthening steel tube; VHS (very high strength) steel tubes

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEET METAL; STRENGTHENING (METAL); STRUCTURAL LOADS;

CFRP SHEETS; HOLLOW STEEL TUBULAR SECTIONS; STRENGTHENING STEEL TUBES; VERY HIGH STRENGTH (VHS) STEEL TUBES;

TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33845347901     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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