Low-grade glued laminated timber beams reinforced using improved arrangements of bonded-in GFRP rods

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-220

  Raftery, Gary M ^a   Whelan, Conor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bending test; Fibre reinforced polymers; Geometrical arrangements; Low grade timber; Rod reinforcement

Indexed keywords

FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; GEOMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER BEAMS (GLULAM); GLUED-LAMINATED TIMBER; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; STIFFNESS ENHANCEMENT; ULTIMATE MOMENT CAPACITY;

BENDING TESTS; GLUING; LAMINATING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84890295951     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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