Flexural load tests on new spun-cast concrete-filled fiber-reinforced polymer tubular poles

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 750-759

  Qasrawi, Yazan ^a   Fam, Amir ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FRP Stay in Place Formwork ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending; Centrifugally cast; FRP tube; Pole

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL CONTROL; BENDING; CENTRIFUGALLY CAST; CONCRETE WALL; CONCRETE-FILLED; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FLEXURAL LOADS; FLEXURAL PERFORMANCE; FOUR-POINT BENDING; FRP TUBE; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; LAMINATE STRUCTURES; LONGITUDINAL STEEL; MAIN PARAMETERS; OUTER DIAMETER RATIOS; PRE-STRESSED; REINFORCEMENT INDEX;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; POLES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SPINNING (FIBERS);

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 67649721102     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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