Bond strength of FRP laminates to concrete: State-of-the-art review

Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-61

  Sayed Ahmed, E Y ^a,b   Bakay, R ^c   Shrive, N G ^d  

^a The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^b Read Jones Christofferson ^*  (Egypt)

^c Read Jones Christofferson   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH; CURRENT MODELS; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FRP LAMINATES; RC BEAMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBER; REPAIR METHODS; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); BUILDING MATERIALS; DEBONDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

LAMINATES;

EID: 70349536033     PISSN: 14439255     EISSN: 14439255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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