Experimental characterization of a pultruded GFRP bridge deck for light-weight vehicles

Composite Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Lee, Jaehong ^a   Kim, Youngbin ^a   Jung, Jinwoo ^b   Kosmatka, John ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge deck; Finite element analysis; Glass fiber reinforced plastics; Pultrusion

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; BRIDGE DECKS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FAILURE MODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; PULTRUSION; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COMPOSITE BRIDGE DECK SYSTEM; PULTRUDED DECKS; STATIC LOADING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BRIDGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); PULTRUSION; TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE;

EID: 33947116919     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.076     Document Type: Article

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