TY - GEN
T1 - Nonprestressed and prestressed FRP sheets as external reinforcement of wood members
AU - Triantafillou, Thanasis C.
AU - Plevris, Nikolaos
AU - Deskovic, Nikola
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The paper presents a summary of an analytical and experimental investigation of a new form of wood construction involving external bonding of thin fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) sheets on the tension zones of wood elements using epoxy resins. First, the effect of external composite reinforcement on the strength, the stiffness and the curvature ductility of hybrid FRP-wood members under a combination of bending moments and axial forces is examined. Then, the method of reinforcing wood with composite sheets is extended by prestressing the FRP before applying them on the wood surface, and a design methodology for this new concept is highlighted.
AB - The paper presents a summary of an analytical and experimental investigation of a new form of wood construction involving external bonding of thin fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) sheets on the tension zones of wood elements using epoxy resins. First, the effect of external composite reinforcement on the strength, the stiffness and the curvature ductility of hybrid FRP-wood members under a combination of bending moments and axial forces is examined. Then, the method of reinforcing wood with composite sheets is extended by prestressing the FRP before applying them on the wood surface, and a design methodology for this new concept is highlighted.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027036597
SN - 0872628809
T3 - Materials: Performance and Prevention of Deficiencies and Failures
SP - 710
EP - 717
BT - Materials
PB - Publ by ASCE
T2 - 1992 Materials Engineering Congress
Y2 - 10 August 1992 through 12 August 1992
ER -