DESIGN APPROACH FOR FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER STRUCTURES: A WORKED EXAMPLE

Emilie Lepretre, Kévin Brunellière, Samuel Durand, Jean François Caron, Philippe Jandin, Anthony Pruvost

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Abstract

FRP material shows numerous advantages compared to traditional construction materials. It has a high strength to weight ratio, making the final structure lighter, easier to erect and reducing the cost. In order to promote the construction of safe structures with FRP in Europe, it becomes necessary to propose a European standard, providing a common approach for the design. The foundation for this new structural design code is the Technical Specification (CEN/TS) written by Working Group WG4 'Fibre Reinforced Polymers' under CEN Technical Committee 250 (CEN/TC250). The presented paper illustrates through a worked example how the Technical Specification document may be used in practice. In this example, Ultimate Limite State (ULS) verifications are performed for one span of a GFRP footbridge.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplications and Structures
EditorsAnastasios P. Vassilopoulos, Veronique Michaud
PublisherComposite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Pages623-630
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9782970161400
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 26 Jun 202230 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability
Volume5

Conference

Conference20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityLausanne
Period26/06/2230/06/22

Keywords

  • Eurocode
  • codes
  • design analysis
  • standards and design guidelines

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