Tag: FRP

Roadbuilding
WVU researcher says FRP wrap repairs bridges for half the cost
Hoto GangaRao, a researcher at West Virginia University (WVU) and director of the Constructed Facilities Center at WVU, believes the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges can be “renewed” with a polymer-based product that has already been tested on two bridges, The Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register reports. According to the news agency, in the late 1980s, GangaRao […]
May 8, 2017
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and graduate researchers from West Virginia University conduct repairs on the East Fork Bridge in East Lynn, West Virginia, March 27, 2014. The two entities partnered on the research and development of new applications of composite materials in civil works project rehabilitations including East Fork Bridge. Photo credit: U.S. Army
Roadbuilding
A Fast Fix for an Ohio Bridge Using an Integrated Fiber Reinforced Polymer bridge system
How Eight Mile Road Bridge in Hamilton County, Ohio, used a bridge system prefabricated with integral beams and deck incorporating the entire superstructure for a rapid installation. Article contributed by Composite Advantage Eight Mile Road Bridge, a short span concrete structure built in 1940, needed to be replaced in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition […]
February 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Road Science: Top 5 Trends of 2010
Trying to identify major trends and developments that could affect the way highway and bridge construction is done in the next year is something of a challenge at best. But there are some activities that suggest they may impose themselves on, or begin to influence, the process.
December 1, 2009
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