Cracking and strength of reinforced concrete structures in flexure strengthened with carbon fibre laminates

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-323

  Valivonis, Juozas ^a   Skuturna, Tomas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Cracking moment; External carbon fibre reinforcement; Strength; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACK PROPAGATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARBON FIBRE LAMINATES; CRACKING MOMENTS; CURVILINEAR STRESS DIAGRAMS; EXTERNAL CARBON FIBRE REINFORCEMENT;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 37849039865     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2007.9636452     Document Type: Article

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