Strengthening glulam beams with steel or CFRP plates

Proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-296

  Kliger, R ^a   Al Emrani, M ^a   Johansson, M ^a   Crocetti, R ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Moelven Töreboda AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFRP; Compression model; Glulam; Strengthening timber

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TIMBER; WOODEN BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRODUCTION COST; REINFORCED BEAMS; SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TIMBER STRUCTURES; ULTIMATE MOMENT CAPACITY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 84977596728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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