Using Externally Bonded FRP Composites in Structural and Civil Engineering
Content
- Preface
- List of donors
- Increased role of binding fibers in structural reinforcement
- Overview of tools and techniques for joining plates
- Ingredients
- Reinforcement of concrete beams with irregular plates
- Strengthening the structure of reinforced concrete beams with reinforced concrete slabs
- Environmental sustainability
- Behavior based on time and fatigue
- Numerical and Numerical Analysis of Structural Strengthening of Wood Using Plate Joints
- Design and installation of FRP panels for joining wood
- Field construction techniques
- Research on fiber optic cable was carried out worldwide.
- Phone book
Preface
Building materials like concrete strengthen and protect structures, while iron and steel offer durability and health benefits. Signals exposed to the marine environment, mineral deposits on highways, industrial pollutants, and the natural environment pose the greatest challenges. From an economic perspective, it is often quite feasible to repair a building, if possible, rather than demolish it and rebuild.
In the context of repair or improvement of concrete elements, the use of reinforced concrete has proven to be an effective, simple, and economical way to improve performance. However, the drawbacks of metal use have prompted researchers to explore alternative applications of reinforced polymer materials (FRP), offering a non-destructive and versatile substitute that is also applicable to concrete.
The construction industry uses polymer materials for building maintenance and is showing interest in using FRP materials to maintain structural integrity or improve structural systems. Polymer brackets and/or bond angles can combine with modern building materials to form plates, rods, pipes, and other structural elements; the fibers can be carbon, aramid, or glass. When used as a structural material to repair or strengthen a polymer system, the composition should not float or bend during bonding.
Designers must comprehend the mechanical properties and functions of the components, the connection methods, the operational and failure functions, and the general analysis of these systems when using two different materials with common functions in a structure.
The book offers a comprehensive analysis, utilizing both experimental and full-scale theoretical and numerical tests, to strengthen reinforced concrete elements using fiber-ferro-polymer composite plates, addressing both short- and long-term performance concerns. Additionally, in Chapter 2, ‘Overview of materials and techniques for joining slabs,’ this book reviews previous research and field studies carried out as far back as on the strengthening of reinforced concrete beams and RC beams using steel fasteners and discusses its pros and cons . . . The book discusses the use of two distinct materials: metals and components. The connection to the cutting plates is also not covered in this section.
Chapter 11 of the book provides case studies of parts modified or reinforced using carbon fiber/polymer matrix materials for composite structural parts. The case history also includes improving steel reinforcement and respecting timber systems.
This book primarily draws its information from a consortium that studies and analyzes the technology of joining plates to improve structural components using carbon fiber/polymer materials. The ROBUST (Strengthening of Bridges Using Polymeric Composite Materials) project, one of several in the DTI-LINK Structural Composites Program, carried out research tests and trials.
The authors would like to emphasize that their aim was to obtain the most comprehensive research data from this study. We should leave the ongoing study of using this information in producing/preparing designs to practicing engineers and not consider it part of the book’s scope. Businesses continue to develop this type of information using software development technology.
The industry members in the consortium include Mouchel Consulting Ltd. (principal partner), Royal Military College of Science and Concrete Repair Ltd. (main contractor partner), Oxfordshire County Council, Balvac Whitley Moran Ltd., Tec build Composites Ltd. (now Fiber force Rein-force Composites Ltd.), Vertex (UK) Ltd., James Quinn Associates Ltd., and Sika Ltd. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has provided support of £ to our academic partners, the University of Surrey and Oxford Brookes University, through the DTI-LINK program. The EPSRC funded additional research at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Surrey, in addition to a university-funded study.
The authors of this book, who remain anonymous, have penned the various chapters and gathered their information from diverse sources, primarily relying on the collaboration of researchers on this topic. We greatly appreciate the invaluable assistance of the ROBUST consortium’s project business and industrial members.
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