Project 3.14: FRP-Concrete Hybrid Composite Girder Systems: Web Shear Strength and Design Guide Development - Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center

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Project 3.14: FRP-Concrete Hybrid Composite Girder Systems: Web Shear Strength and Design Guide Development

August 19, 2020

FRP-Concrete Hybrid Composite Girder Systems: Web Shear Strength and Design

Guide Development

FRP-Concrete Hybrid Composite Girder Systems: Web Shear Strength and Design Guide Development

Project 3.14

Project Information
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Project Summary

UMaine recently developed and commercialized, in partnership with AIT Bridges, a novel, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bridge girder. This project will assess the shear strength of foam-core webs of the girders using a combined experimental and analytical approach. Data from this and other previous and ongoing research will be used to develop a draft design guide for FRP tub girders that addresses flexure, shear, shear connectors and deflections.

Principal Investigator

Bill Davids

Institution:

University of Maine

Project Status

Completed

Project Cost

$98,775

Start Date

08/19/2020

Project Type

Base-funded

End Date

07/31/2022

Agency ID

69A3551847101

Sponsors:

MaineDOT

Implementation of Research Outcomes:

Implementation of outcomes of the research has yet to be realized upon the recent completion of the work.

Impacts and Benefits of Implementation:

Impacts and benefits of the research have yet to be realized upon the recent completion of the work.

Printable Project Information Sheet

Printable Final Project

September 2020 Quarterly Progress Report

December 2020 Quarterly Progress Report

March 2021 Quarterly Progress Report

June 2021 Quarterly Progress Report

September 2021 Quarterly Progress Report

December 2021 Quarterly Progress Report

March 2022 Quarterly Progress Report

June 2022 Quarterly Progress Report

Tags: Alternative Structural Systems Assessment and Monitoring Bridges Structural composites

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