Specification and Design of Fiber Reinforced Bridge Deck Forms for Use on Wide Flange T-girders
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Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : NWU:35556034506139 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Wide-flanged concrete girders are increasingly being used for highway bridges in Wisconsin. The objective of this research was to understand the state of the art of non-metallic SIP forms and to develop design guidelines and performance specifications that can be used locally for the construction of highway bridge decks. Four major types of stay-in-place (SIP) forms using fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) or fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials were investigated: fiber reinforcements, grid reinforcements, bar reinforcements and pultruded profiles. The results were used to develop a model design and construction specification for non-structural, non-metallic, SIP forms in highway bridge decks.