Performance of externally bonded GFRP sheets on concrete in tropical environments. Part II: Microstructural tests

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Arwikar, S J ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Bonded sheets; Degradation; Glass fiber reinforced polymer; Microstructural tests

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CONCRETES; DEGRADATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOISTURE; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE;

BONDED SHEET; CHEMICAL CHANGES; MICROSTRUCTURAL TEST; STRESS LEVEL;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CONCRETE; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MOISTURE; PLASTIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34250620081     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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