@inproceedings{5bc8544702d64ef8b5f8e118a0046aa6,
title = "Fibre reinforced polymer reinforcement enters the new model code",
abstract = "The use of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) as structural reinforcement in the construction sector has evolved from an emerging technology, with first practical applications dating from the 1990's, to a gradually more widely accepted technology, with nowadays thousands of applications worldwide. Continuing efforts in material development and research activities, with strong links to engineering practice, make FRP reinforcement where it stands today: a viable altemative to classical types of reinforcement, offering many potentials. Extensive research on the use of FRP in concrete structures started about 35 years ago and resulted, for example, in the world's first highway bridge using FRP post-tensioning cables in Germany in 1986. Today, the time is there to introduce FRP reinforcement also in the new model code.",
keywords = "Concrete, FRP, Model code, Non-metallic, Reinforcement",
author = "Stijn Matthys and Thanasis Triantafillou",
year = "2011",
language = "English (US)",
series = "fib Symposium PRAGUE 2011: Concrete Engineering for Excellence and Efficiency, Proceedings",
publisher = "Czech Concrete Society",
pages = "223--226",
editor = "Vlastimil Sruma",
booktitle = "fib Symposium PRAGUE 2011",
note = "fib Symposium PRAGUE 2011: Concrete Engineering for Excellence and Efficiency ; Conference date: 08-06-2011 Through 10-06-2011",
}