Low-grade glued laminated timber reinforced with FRP plate

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 724-735

  Raftery, Gary M ^a   Harte, Annette M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Wood; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); A. WOOD; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FLEXURAL FAILURE; FRP PLATES; FRP REINFORCEMENT; GLASS FIBRES; GLUED-LAMINATED TIMBER; GLULAM BEAMS; LINEAR ELASTIC; REINFORCED BEAMS; STRAIN PROFILES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; TENSION ZONE; ULTIMATE MOMENT CAPACITY;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; GLUING; LAMINATING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79954431254     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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