FATIGUE EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER BRIDGE DECK SYSTEMS OVER EXISTING GIRDERS-PHASE I
INTRODUCTION - LR-03-210006
COMPOSITE DECK PROTOTYPES
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP - LR-03-210008
DISCUSSION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
CONCLUSIONS - LR-03-210010
REFERENCES - LR-03-210011
Table 1. FRP Composite Deck Prototypes
Table 2. Deflections and strains at maximum load after 10 million cycles
Figure 1. View of FRP deck prototypes on steel girders
Figure 2. Cross-section of FRP deck systems
Figure 3. Experimental setup
Figure 4. Instrumentation and loading
Figure 5. Test setup and instrumentation layout
Figure 6. Load cycling and temperature history
Figure 7. Typical quasi-static load test
Figure 8. Loaddeflection curves after ten million cycles of fatigue loading
Figure 9. Loaddeflection curves at location LV-2 for increasing load cycles
Figure 10. Effects of temperature on the load-deflection response at location LV-2 for 10 million fatigue load cycles
Figure 11. LoadStrain curves for deck prototypes
Figure 12. Comparison of deflections at maximum load after 10 million cycles at location LV-2
Figure 13. Comparison of strains at maximum load after 10 million cycles at location SG-2
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INTRODUCTION - LR-03-210006
COMPOSITE DECK PROTOTYPES
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP - LR-03-210008
DISCUSSION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
CONCLUSIONS - LR-03-210010
REFERENCES - LR-03-210011
Table 1. FRP Composite Deck Prototypes
Table 2. Deflections and strains at maximum load after 10 million cycles
Figure 1. View of FRP deck prototypes on steel girders
Figure 2. Cross-section of FRP deck systems
Figure 3. Experimental setup
Figure 4. Instrumentation and loading
Figure 5. Test setup and instrumentation layout
Figure 6. Load cycling and temperature history
Figure 7. Typical quasi-static load test
Figure 8. Loaddeflection curves after ten million cycles of fatigue loading
Figure 9. Loaddeflection curves at location LV-2 for increasing load cycles
Figure 10. Effects of temperature on the load-deflection response at location LV-2 for 10 million fatigue load cycles
Figure 11. LoadStrain curves for deck prototypes
Figure 12. Comparison of deflections at maximum load after 10 million cycles at location LV-2
Figure 13. Comparison of strains at maximum load after 10 million cycles at location SG-2
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