NEW YORK TESTS FRP : FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER LAMINATES HELD THEIR BOND TO CONCRETE AFTER TWO YEARS

Fiber-reinforced polymer laminates (FRP) have been found to be effective components in bridge strengthening projects. A recent report revealed that laminates used in a 1999 New York bridge retrofit project to improve the load carrying capacity of a T-Beam bridge have maintained the quality of their bond to the concrete. No changes in the effectiveness of the retrofit system were detected. Agencies have discovered that using FRP laminates in retrofit projects is a cost- effective way to rehabilitate deteriorated reinforced-concrete bridges.

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• Corporate Authors:

  James Informational Media, Incorporated

  2720 South River Road, Suite 126
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018-
• Authors:
  • Hag-Elsafi, O
  • Kunin, J
  • Alampalli, S
• Publication Date: 2003-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 82-85
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Concrete; Fiber reinforced plastics; Laminates; Load tests; Polymers; Retrofitting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963465
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 2 2003 12:00AM