Performance of externally bonded GFRP sheets on concrete in tropical environments. Part I: Structural scale tests

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Arwikar, S J ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated conditioning; Bonded sheet; Glass fibre reinforced polymer

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; PLASTIC SHEETS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACCELERATED AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CONCRETE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 34250692111     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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