Mechanical repair of timber beams fractured in flexure using bonded-in reinforcements

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Alam, Parvez ^a   Ansell, Martin P ^b   Smedley, Dave ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c Rotafix Northern Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Wood (Spruce); B. Fracture; E. Pultrusions; Repair

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTURE; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYESTERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; PULTRUSION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REPAIR; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

A. POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); A. WOOD (SPRUCE); B. FRACTURE; BONDED-IN REINFORCEMENTS; CARBON FIBRES; E. PULTRUSIONS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; GLASS FIBRES; MECHANICAL REPAIRS; MILD STEELS; RECTANGULAR SECTIONS; REINFORCING MATERIALS; STRENGTH CLASS; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; TIMBER BEAMS;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 58849146072     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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