An approach to determine long-term behavior of concrete members prestressed with FRP tendons

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1052-1060

  Youakim, Samer A ^a   Karbhari, Vistasp M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; FRP; Long term; Prestress loss; Prestressed concrete; Relaxation; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CREEP; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHRINKAGE; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRESSES;

ARAMID FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER (AFRP) TENDONS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS (CFRP); EMPIRICAL MULTIPLIERS; PRESTRESS LOSS;

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE;

EID: 33845382439     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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