Frp Composites in Civil Engineering (Hardcover)

Chapter headings. Keynote papers. Design codes and guidelines (invited papers). Materials and products. Confinement of concrete in compression. Bond between FRP plate/sheet and concrete. Flexural strengthening of concrete beams. Interfacial stresses. Debonding failures in FRP-strengthened concrete beams. Shear and torsional strengthening of concrete beams. Strengthening of concrete columns. Seismic retrofit of concrete columns. Strengthening of beam-column joints. Strengthening of historic and masonry structures. Recent developments in strengthening techniques. Concrete structures reinforced or prestressed with FRP. Detailing of FRP reinforcement. Concrete-filled FRP tubes. Hybrid beams, joints and panels. All FRP structures. Durability. Fibre optic and piezoelectric sensors for structures with FRP. Practical applications. Miscellaneous.