Case Histories and Use of FRP for Prestressing Applications
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ACI SP-245:2007 is a special publication by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) that focuses on the use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials as a replacement for steel in prestressing applications. The publication highlights the advancements and benefits of FRP materials, such as their high strength, lightweight, noncorrosive, nonconducting, and nonmagnetic properties.
The publication includes 10 papers presented at a special session organized by ACI Committee 440 at the ACI Fall 2006 Convention. These papers cover various topics related to the use of FRP for prestressing, including durability of concrete beams prestressed with CFRP bars, analysis of long-term effects in concrete columns prestressed with FRP tendons, modeling time-dependent deformations of a masonry wall post-tensioned with CFRP, lessons from anchor design for CFRP rods, precast girders prestressed with CFRP wires (Hungarian experiences), repairing a football stadium ramp with prestressed carbon strands, restoring prestress losses in prestressed concrete beams with prestressed CFRP sheets, strengthening RC beams with external post-tensioned CFRP tendons, strengthening concrete beams with external tendons and near-surface-mounted reinforcement, and the structural performance of RC beams strengthened with prestressed near-surface-mounted CFRP tendons.
The aim of this publication is to provide practitioners with the latest research, design guidelines, and real-life case studies to promote the implementation of FRP technology in prestressing applications. It demonstrates that FRP materials systems are rapidly transitioning from emerging to mainstream technology in the field of prestressed concrete structures.
| Descriptors | Fiber-Reinforced Concrete |
| Language(s) | English |
| File Size | 5.3 MB |
