Title:
Double Tee and CFRP/GFRP Bridge System
Author(s):
Nabil F. Grace, George Abdel-Sayed.
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
18
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
39-44
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DOI:
Date:
2/1/1996
Abstract:
It is a well known fact among highway engineers that more than 40 percent of the United State's 574,729 inventoried highway bridges are classified as structurally or functionally deficient. Specifically, the most serious type of deterioration is in the reduced carrying capacity of 22,064 reinforced, prestressed concrete bridges. In most cases, structural deterioration is triggered by steel corrosion, especiallly in the presence of roadway deicing salts.