Strengthening of coupling joints on concrete bridges with fibre-reinforced plates in Germany
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Peter J. Gusia
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 478-479 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 5 | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/weimar.2007.0396 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The German Federal Highway Research Institute monitors strengthening of coupling joints on concrete bridges with carbon fibre-reinforced plates (CFRP) in Germany. This type of reinforcement is suitable for bridges and other civil engineering structures administered by the road construction authorities. This type of structure is characterized by high ease of installation (very light segments). Accordingly, the reinforcement of steel and pre-stressed concrete components through bonding of CFRP (adhesive reinforcement on component surfaces) has gained steadily in significance in recent years. The remainder of this report deals exclusively with surface-bonded plates. This paper will report the experience of the german road authorities with bridge strenghening, based on CFRP. Case studies of practical applications will be presented. |
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| Keywords: |
coupling joints concrete bridge strengthening fibre-reinforced plates
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