Strengthening concrete beams with prestressed fiber reinforced polymer sheets: Behavior at room and low temperatures

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-188, Issue , 1999, Pages 737-749

  El Hacha, Raafat ^a   Wight, Gordon ^b   Green, Mark F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet; Composite materials; Prestressing; Repair; Strength; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FIBERS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; POLYMER CONCRETE; PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; PRESTRESSING; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER SHEETS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER SHEETS; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT; PRESTRESSED CFRP SHEETS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS; STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUE;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 84858071832     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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