Fatigue analysis of concrete bridge deck slabs reinforced with E-glass/vinyl ester FRP reinforcing bars

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 703-711

  El Ragaby, Amr ^a   El Salakawy, Ehab ^b   Benmokrane, Brahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Fatigue; Bridge decks; C. Finite element analysis (FEA)

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRIDGE DECK SLABS; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 34047143872     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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