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Composite Solutions for Construction Sector

In: Case Study of Innovative Projects - Successful Real Cases

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  • Maria Pilar Gorriz Ramon
  • Stefano Primi
  • Carlo Paulotto
  • Anurag Bansal
  • Ignacio Calvo

Abstract

FRP composite materials have been successfully used for several decades in the aerospace industry, while their use in Civil Engineering is relatively recent and generally in the form of sheets and strips employed to strengthen existing reinforced concrete structures. Since the construction of the first all-FRP-composite bridge in 1982, in Miyun, China, FRP composites have been gradually gaining acceptance as a new construction material for bridges and footbridges with some notable applications in Spain. Their use offers a number of advantages with respect to traditional materials:Since FRP composite members are lighter than those built using concrete and steel, they need less powerful equipment for their transport and installation;Their lightweight fosters prefabrication, speeding up construction processes, thus helping in the reduction of the impact of worksites on their surrounding areas;FRP composites can curb maintenance cost of infrastructures since they do not suffer from galvanic corrosion.

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  • Maria Pilar Gorriz Ramon & Stefano Primi & Carlo Paulotto & Anurag Bansal & Ignacio Calvo, 2017. "Composite Solutions for Construction Sector," Chapters, in: Bernardo Llamas & Felipe Luis Mazadiego & Maria Dolores Storch De Gracia (ed.), Case Study of Innovative Projects - Successful Real Cases, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:119533
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.68964
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    Keywords

    composite materials; civil works; bridges; footbridges; lighthouse; carbon fiber; glass fiber;
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    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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