A Bio-based fibre-reinforced plastic pedestrian bridge for Schiphol
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Joris Smits
Rafail Gkaidatzis |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Elegance in structures, Nara, Japan, 13-15 May 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Nara 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 124-125 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815815774232 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The present paper investigates Bio-based fibre-reinforced plastics, used as a load-bearing element of a bridge. We aim to increase the renewable content and decreasing the embodied energy of FRP. To achieve that, the consisting raw materials of these plastics which are based on non-renewable resources, are substituted by alternative less energy intensive materials produced from biological renewable resources. The research focuses on the potentials of natural fibres for a successful substitution of artificial fibres used as reinforcement in load-bearing polymer composites, while bio-based resins and natural core materials are analysed as well. The result of the research is applied on a real case scenario of a lightweight structure, a pedestrian bridge in Schiphol Logistics Park, a logistics zone under development adjacent to Amsterdam s International Airport. |
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| Keywords: |
natural fibres basalt bio-based FRP bridge bio-plastics bio-resins load-bearing FRP flax jute glass fibre
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