Experimental and Numerical Study of a GFRP-SFRSCC Hybrid Footbridge
| Author(s): |
José Gonilha
Joao Correia Fernando Branco |
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| Medium: | conference paper |
| Language(s): | English |
| Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
| Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: |
This paper presents results of an ongoing research project whose objective is the development of a 12.0 m long pedestrian bridge made of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultruded profiles connected to a thin slab of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete (SFRSCC). The main advantages of such GFRP-SFRSCC hybrid structural system are its lightness, easy installation and intrinsic durability. The bridge prototype was designed based on analytical and numerical investigations that are described in this paper. The experimental campaign includes (i) material characterization tests, (ii) shear connection tests between SFRSCC slabs and GFRP profiles and (iii) static and dynamic load tests on a 6.0 m long small-scale model of the footbridge. |
| Keywords: |
pedestrian bridge numerical models hybrid structures experimental tests GFRP pultruded profiles steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete
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