Behaviour of a masonry arch bridge repaired using fibre-reinforced polymer composites

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1594-1606

  Tao, Y ^a   Stratford, T J ^a   Chen, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debonding; Experiment; Failure mode; FRP; Masonry arch; Repair

Indexed keywords

ARCH STRUCTURES; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; CRACK WIDTH; CRITICAL LINKS; EXTERNALLY BONDED; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; FILL MATERIALS; FLEXURAL CRACKS; FRP; FRP PLATES; FRP STRAIN; FRP STRENGTHENING; HINGE MECHANISMS; LABORATORY TEST; LOAD CAPACITY; MASONRY ARCH; MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES; MASONRY ARCHES; STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC LOADING; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; ULTIMATE LOADS;

ARCHES; BRIDGE DECKS; CRACKS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DEBONDING; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MASONRY BRIDGES; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MASONRY MATERIALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

ARCH BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; COMPOSITE; CRACK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MASONRY; POLYMER;

EID: 79953793104     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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