Performance verification of a new pultruded GFRP bridge deck-to-girder connection system

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-124

  Park, Ki Tae ^a   Hwang, Yoon Koog ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^a   Kim, Sun Myung ^b  

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

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bridge decks; Connections; Glass fibers; Static tests

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGE DECKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BONDING AGENT; CONNECTION SYSTEM; SHEAR CONNECTOR;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BRIDGE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC; PULTRUSION; TESTING;

EID: 34250631310     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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