Fatigue behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with different FRP laminate configurations

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-230, Issue , 2005, Pages 613-630

  Gussenhoven, Richard ^a,b   Breña, Sergio F ^c  

^a The Department of Mathematical Sciences

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers; Fatigue loading; Reinforced concrete; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FAILURE MODES; FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; GRAPHITE FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REBAR; STEEL TESTING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE FAILURE MODE; FATIGUE FRACTURE; MAIN PARAMETERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS; STEEL REINFORCEMENTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 85073255577     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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