Pendulum impacts into concrete bridge barriers reinforced with glass fibre reinforced polymer composite bars

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-552

  El Salakawy, Ehab ^a   Masmoudi, Radhouane ^a   Benmokrane, Brahim ^a   Brière, Frédéric ^b   Desgagné, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Ministere des Transports du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridge barriers; Concrete bridges; Glass FRP bars; Impact; Pendulum crash test

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACK INITIATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; IMPACT TESTING; PENDULUMS; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONCRETE BARRIERS; CRACKING PATTERNS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER (GFRP) BARS;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; IMPACT MODULATOR;

EID: 8644232495     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L04-006     Document Type: Article

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