Flexural reliability of reinforced concrete bridge girders strengthened with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 290-299

  Okeil, Ayman M ^a   El Tawil, Sherif ^a   Shahawy, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SDR Engineering Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge girders; Composite material; Rehabilitation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE GIRDERS; FLEXURAL FAILURE; SHEAR FAILURE;

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEBONDING; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC LAMINATES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 4544324773     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2002)7:5(290)     Document Type: Article

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