FRP INTERNATIONALthe official newsletter of the International Institute for FRP in Construction
Editor’s Note
2014 promises to be a banner year for IIFC and the FRP Construction community in
general. The highlight of the year will no doubt be the 7th International Conference on
FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 21014) to be held August 19-22, 2014 in
Vancouver, Canada. The organising committee received over 420 abstracts from 42
countries and over 150 full papers have been received by January 1. The deadline for
paper submission is January 15. A number of special issues of leading international
journals – Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Polymers, Advances in Structural
Engineering and the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering – will be developed based on
outstanding CICE submissions.
Speaking of special issues, the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction will publish a
special issue commemorating the 10th anniversary of IIFC, celebrated in these very pages
throughout 2013, later this Spring.
A number of other international specialty conferences and meetings are planned, notably
FRP Bridges 2014 (September 11-12, 2014 in London). Additionally, FRP applications
continue to make great inroads in other more ‘conventional’ conferences and journals.
FRP materials are becoming mainstream in the construction industry.
Mainstream indeed; another significant milestone for the FRP community is expected in
2014: the approval of the ASCE/SEI Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of
Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structures Standard. A number of IIFC members
are contributing to this Standard. Keep reading FRP International for both an
announcement and summary of this new, and much needed, design document.
Finally, on a personal note, it is with great sadness that we report the passing of a good
friend and exemplary colleague, Professor Khaled Soudki. While the following pages
contain both a formal announcement and brief remembrance, I wish to add my voice to
those expressing condolences to Khal’s family and his friends and colleagues around the
world. Khal, my friend, you will be greatly missed.
Editor Kent A. Harries University of Pittsburgh, USA
IIFC Executive Committee President Lawrence C. Bank City College of New York, USA
Senior Vice President Jian-Fei Chen Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Vice Presidents Charles E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University, USA
Renata Kotynia Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Scott T. Smith Southern Cross University, Australia
Treasurer Amir Fam Queen’s University, Canada
Webmaster Jian-Guo Dai Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Members-at-Large Laura De Lorenzis Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig, Germany
Emmanuel Ferrier Université Lyon 1, France
Conference Coordinators Raafat El-Hacha (CICE 2014) University of Calgary, Canada
Xin Wang (APFIS 2015) Southeast University, China
Secretary Rudolf Seracino North Carolina State University, USA
Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2014
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The IIFC community mourns the loss of their friend and
colleague, Professor Khal Soudki, who passed away
early in the morning on Tuesday, September 17, 2013
after a long battle with cancer. Khal is survived by his
wife, Rana Shami, and daughter Sara and son Adnan.
Khal was a graduate of the American University of
Beirut (BEng, 1987), Cornell University (MSc, 1989)
and the University of Manitoba (PhD, 1994), and held a
postdoctoral position at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Professor Soudki joined the Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering at the University of
Waterloo as an Assistant Professor in 1996. A prolific
and well-respected researcher, he quickly progressed
to Associate Professor in 2001 and full Professor in
2006. In 2003, he was appointed Canada Research
Chair in Innovative Structural Rehabilitation; he was
reappointed in 2006 for a further five-year term. He
was also the founding Dean of Engineering at the
American University in Dubai, UAE and a former
visiting scholar at the Swiss Federal Laboratory for
Material Testing (EMPA). Khal was very active on many
international scientific committees and was a Fellow of
the American Concrete Institute.
Professor Soudki was an internationally renowned
leader in the field of reinforced and prestressed
concrete structures with emphasis on the use of
advanced fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) for the
repair of structures. His research and teaching
contributions over the last twenty years resulted in
more than 250 research publications, including patents,
book chapters and many journal and conference
publications. Khal will be missed by his friends and
colleagues around the world.
[based on obituary at: waterloo.ca]
Professor Khaled Soudki
Dr. Martin Noel, Queen’s University, Canada [email protected]
Professor Khaled Soudki was a prolific researcher and
leading expert in the use of FRP materials for structural
applications. As a Canada Research Chair in Innovative
Structural Rehabilitation at the University of Waterloo,
Canada, Professor Soudki co-authored over 250
research publications including two patents. His
publications have been cited more than 1000 times. In
his sixteen years at the University of Waterloo, he
supervised 20 PhD students, 25 Master’s students and
10 post-doctoral fellows; 15 former students and
postdocs have gone on to careers in academia in
universities around the world. His contributions
toward the advancement of the state-of-the-art for FRP
in civil engineering were significant and include
ground-breaking investigations on the use of FRP for
the repair, rehabilitation and strengthening of
corrosion-damaged or strength-deficient concrete and
steel structures as well as the behaviour of FRP-
reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.
Professor Soudki’s extensive research on corrosion led
to an improved understanding of the mechanics of
concrete structures with corroded reinforcement
before and after repair with FRP. Using accelerated
corrosion techniques, laboratory investigations were
used to replicate the problems observed in the field, the
results of which were then used to rehabilitate existing
structures. This allowed for extended service lives and
tremendous cost savings. Figure 1 shows corroded and
repaired laboratory specimens while Figure 2 shows
the FRP repair of a bridge just outside the city of
Waterloo, Ontario.
Khaled SOUDKI, PhD, PEng, FACI
1965 – 2013
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Figure 1 Repaired corroded beams in sustained loading frames.
Figure 2 FRP repair of a bridge near Waterloo, Ontario.
Another major contribution from Professor Soudki’s
FRP work was the development of a reusable
prestressing anchor for FRP tendons. Since they were
first introduced as an alternative to steel reinforcement
for concrete structures, engineers have looked for ways
to take advantage of the high strength and elastic strain
capacity of FRP materials through prestressing. In
many cases, gripping or anchorage mechanisms
presented a major obstacle to the implementation of
FRP prestressing since the transverse pressure induced
in the bar often led to premature rupture. Professor
Soudki and his colleagues developed a patented FRP
anchor technology that was reusable, simple to use and
able to develop the full strength of FRP tendons under
both static and fatigue loading. Examples of FRP
prestressed concrete members in laboratory
investigations are shown in Figures 3 through 5.
Figure 3 Concrete beam strengthened using external CFRP tendons.
Figure 4 Full-scale slab bridge strip post-tensioned with CFRP tendons.
Figure 5 GFRP-prestressed concrete beam in loading frame.
Professor Soudki also contributed significantly to other
research areas in civil engineering including the fatigue
of structures, mechanics of bond, and the development
of advanced and sustainable building materials. Select
publications involving the use of FRP composites for
civil engineering applications are listed below:
Al-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2011. Fatigue flexural behavior of corroded reinforced concrete beams repaired with CFRP sheets, Journal of Composites for Construction, 15(1).
Badawi, M. and Soudki, K. 2009. Flexural strengthening of RC beams with prestressed NSM CFRP rods - Experimental and analytical investigation, Construction and Building Materials, 23(10).
El Maaddawy, T. and Soudki, K. 2008. Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs with mechanically-anchored unbonded FRP system, Construction and Building Materials, 22(4).
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Soudki, K., El-Salakawy, E. and Craig, B. 2007. Behavior of CFRP strengthened reinforced concrete beams in corrosive environment, Journal of Composites for Construction, 11(3).
Masoud, S. and Soudki, K. 2006. Evaluation of corrosion activity in FRP repaired RC beams, Cement and Concrete Composites, 28(10).
Al-Mayah, A., Soudki, K. and Plumtree, A. 2006. Development and assessment of a new CFRP rod-anchor system for prestressed concrete, Applied Composite Materials, 13(5).
Harajli, M., Hantouche, E. and Soudki, K. 2006. Stress-strain model for fiber-reinforced polymer jacketed concrete columns, ACI Structural Journal, 103(5).
Masoud, S., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2005. Postrepair fatigue performance of FRP-repaired corroded RC beams: Experimental and analytical investigation, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(5).
Chahrour, A. and Soudki, K. 2005. Flexural response of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with end-anchored partially bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer strips, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).
El Maaddawy, T. and Soudki, K. 2005. Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer repair to extend service life of corroded reinforced concrete beams, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).
Badawi, M. and Soudki, K. 2005. Control of corrosion-induced damage in reinforced concrete beams using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).
Soudki, K. and Sherwood, T. 2003. Bond behavior of corroded steel reinforcement in concrete wrapped with carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 15(4).
Harajli, M. and Soudki, K. 2003. Shear strengthening of interior slab-column connections using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer sheets, Journal of Composites for Construction, 7(2).
Masoud, S., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2001. CFRP-strengthened and corroded RC beams under monotonic and fatigue loads, Journal of Composites for Construction, 5(4).
Al-Mayah, A., Soudki, K. and Plumtree, A. 2001. Mechanical behavior of CFRP rod anchors under tensile loading, Journal of Composites for Construction, 5(2).
Soudki, K. and Sherwood, T. 2000. Behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates subjected to corrosion damage, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 27(5).
IIFC Education Task Group and Webinars
Emmanuel Ferrier, Université Lyon 1 Chair, IIFC Education Task Group [email protected]
The objective of the IIFC Education Task Group is to
promote education and knowledge transfer of IIFC
researcher’s to students and industry. The Task Group
reported on the various potential activities and the IIFC
Executive Committee decided to initiate an IIFC
webinar series. The series will consist of short online
seminars on specialized topics. Students enrol in a
virtual classroom and follow the course from their
computer; this type of course delivery is well-
established at many universities. Each webinar
contains commentary from the presenting professor,
an annotated dash board, details on calculation
methods described and allows participant interaction.
A network of volunteers has been assembled to
develop a series of two-hour webinars covering theory,
practical information and calculation methods for each
topic. The contents of each webinar are approved by
the IIFC Education Task Group and an annual program
of webinars is envisioned.
IIFC has initiated this webinar series utilising the LYON
1 University platform. The first webinar, FRP material
for strengthening of structures in the field of
construction, was presented by Prof. E. Ferrier on 20
November 2013. For this trial, eight virtual students
participated. The second webinar, held 8 January 2014:
RC beam strengthened for flexure presented by Prof. E.
Martinelli was attended by 29!
The next webinar, RC beam strengthened for shear will
be presented by Prof. J. Barros on 20 February at 09:00
UTC (London). Further information will be available on
the IIFC website (www.iiifc-hq.org).
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Profs Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Scott Smith and Xiao-Ling
Zhao, Co-Chairs of APFIS 2013
The fourth IIFC Asia-Pacific Pacific Conference on FRP
in Structures (APFIS) was held in Melbourne, Australia,
December 11-13, 2013. The APFIS conference is a
regional conference focusing on research and
applications of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) in civil
and structural engineering. The conference was
attended by 130 delegates from 20 countries including:
Australia, Canada, China (Mainland, Hong Kong and
Taiwan), Denmark, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia,
New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and USA. The
proceedings include 107 papers. The Best Paper Award
was presented to N.F. Grace, K. Ushijima, S.K. Rout and
M. Bebawy for the paper entitled “Shear behaviour of
prestressed decked bulb T beams reinforced with CFCC
strips” at the conference banquet.
During the course
of the conference,
there were 103
presentations and
six keynote
presentations. The
keynote
presentations
were delivered
by Professors
Zdeněk Bažant,
Hui Li, Dan Frangopol, and Alper Ilki; and Drs Jian-Guo
Dai, Geoff Taplin and Binh Pham. The contributions of
all keynote speakers are gratefully appreciated.
The technical tours throughout the conference included
a visit to Swinburne's Smart Structures Laboratory
(SSL), the West Gate Bridge and the observation
platform of the Eureka Tower. The SSL visit featured a
demonstration of capabilities including the new MAST
six-degree of freedom setup combined with a hybrid
testing facility. The West Gate Bridge visit included
access inside the steel box girder of the main cable-
stayed deck and close viewing of one of the thirty-eight
post tensioned concrete box girder spans which were
recently retrofitted with FRP composites. The project is
considered the largest in the world in terms of the
amount of FRP used [see FRP International Vol. 8, No. 3
(July 2011)].
Prof. Al-Mahaidi demonstrating an FRP anchorage test
at the SSL facility at Swinburne University.
IIFC members touring West Gate Bridge
(and apparently approving).
A very international meeting: Profs John Myers, Scott
Smith, Larry Bank, Raafat El-Hacha and Alper Ilki touring the West Gate Bridge.
As Chairs of the Organising Committee of the
conference, we would like to thank Swinburne
University of Technology for hosting the conference
and making available its administrative staff, graduate
students and excellent facilities which ensured smooth
running of the plenary and parallel sessions. We would
also like to thank our industry sponsors BASF Australia,
MTS-ACS, Bestech and Instron. We are grateful to
Vicroads, the Victorian State Road Authority, for
organising the technical tour of the West Gate Bridge.
Conference Report: APFIS 2013 – 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures
Conference Report: APFIS 2013 – 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures
Keynote speakers Profs Dan Frangapol and Zdeněk Bažant with
APFIS Co-Chair Prof. Scott Smith.
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This article is based on a paper presented at the ACIC
2013 Conference in Belfast in September 2013. It was
selected for reader interest by the editor.
ArmaFORM PET cored sandwich panels in the roofing structure of Jeddah/King Abdullah Economic City railway stations : the fully integrated solution
Henri Chapelle, PET Core Global, Thimister-Clermont, Belgium [email protected]
Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City railway
stations are two stops of the ‘Haramain High Speed
Rail’ project (HHR) in Saudi Arabia that will link the
most important religious cities, Medina and Mecca. This
460 km long, high speed railway system includes five
main railway stations: Central Jeddah, King Abdulaziz
International Airport, Mecca, Medina and King
Abdullah Economic City, each designed by Foster &
Partners, alongside the engineering firm, Buro Happold
and consultant Dar Al Handasah. This route will permit
the growing numbers of pilgrims and visitors to make
the journey between the two holy cities in under three
hours. It is said that more than 160,000 passengers are
expected every day during the peak time of pilgrimage
(with a potential demand of more than 60 million
passengers per year).
All HHR railway stations, except for the airport station,
are based on a similar design with a structural
composite roof structure comprised of fibre reinforced
plastic (FRP) sandwich panels, supported by a massive
steel set-up. In total, for the four stations, the FRP
roofing covers approximately 160,000 square metres.
Central Jeddah station's FRP roof is designed by Calcul
Meca and manufactured by Saudi Oger, a leading
construction company while King Abdullah Economic
City station's FRP roof is designed and manufactured
by BFG International, a global leader in advance
composites. Both station roofs cover a surface area of
approximately 92,000 square metres and are
composed of 114 grids of 27 x 27 metres each, with a
free span of up to 14 metres. One grid consists of
composite panels made in several parts and is
composed of a steel column supporting four primary
beams, eight secondary beams and four edge beams
(Fig. 1). The roof panels incorporate several features
such as skylights, walkways, fall arrestors, access
hatches and cleaning cradles. The external finishing is
made of bronze-coloured, hexagonal, stainless steel
mosaic tiles and the internal finishing of an acoustic,
suspended false ceiling. More than 3,000 diamond-
shaped skylights, each having a Fresnel system, are
incorporated into the roof system (Fig. 1).
Figure 1 HHR roof system under construction.
To cope with the design requirements of the complex
roof structure of the railway stations, the following FRP
composite panel design was chosen: For the core
material with its high structural capacity versus weight,
fire behaviour, thermal conductivity, high processing
temperature and low water absorption, ArmaFORM
PET foam was used. The low density PET core is
reinforced with high strength, multiaxial E-glass fibre
and laminated by fire-retarded epoxy resin.
ArmaFORM PET cored roof sandwich panels
provide integrated functions
The lightweight character of such FRP sandwich panels
enables larger pieces to be constructed without
secondary support and, at the same time, significantly
reduces the supporting structure requirements. All in
all, the lightweight nature facilitates and speeds up
handling during assembly and lowers installation as
well as transportation costs. However, such a solution
requires that FRP solutions be considered at the
preliminary design stage of a building project, as was
the case with HHR, to secure all the inherent benefits of
the PET foam cores based FRP sandwich solution.
Stiffness and at the same time light weight were not the
only challenges the designers and architects had to
cope with. The Arabian climate, with its extremely large
variations in temperature, from sub-zero at night to
55+°C during the day, in combination with high
moisture levels, winds and sands require the use of
very robust materials. ArmaFORM PET foam cores
provide enough temperature stability to manage the
temperature changes, even at the elevated temperature
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of 70°C the roof surface of the King Abdullah Economic
City railway station can easily reach in the summer.
Besides thermal stability, ArmaFORM PET also
performs very well in wet conditions. The closed cell
structure of PET foam cores prevents water and
moisture absorption and thus the degradation of
structural and insulation properties. The excellent
resistance of ArmaFORM PET to corrosion and rot
increases the durability of the roofing panels
significantly, which means less maintenance and
repairs, and thus reduced life cycle costs. Not to
mention the inherent high thermal insulation
properties of PET foam cores that keep the heat outside
and the cooling inside. In a desert country, the energy
savings can be enormous.
When it comes to innovative, advanced design, a
further decisive point in favour of ArmaFORM PET is its
thermoplastic nature that allows PET foams to be easily
thermoformed and shaped into the most complex
forms and geometries. Different than thermoset
polymer cores and conventional building materials, the
PET core can be heated to its softening point and then
reshaped without degrading its properties, in case of
grid scoring, or adding weight because of the
corresponding resin intake. This flexibility in design
allows a choice of practically any form and shape that is
suitable to the architect’s theme for such a roof
structure (Fig 2.).
Figure 2 HHR roof.
As in all public buildings, safety is a key issue of HHR;
the materials need to fulfil stringent fire, smoke and
toxicity properties. Although it is often doubted, FRP
composites have very good fire properties and meet
the most stringent standards. External testing of the
roof panels shows that ArmaFORM PET complies in all
relevant aspects of ASTM E84 testing.
Besides the structural requirements, FRP sandwich
panels offer further remarkable features like fully
integrated thermal insulation or wide, to almost
unlimited, surface finishing options (seamless, smooth,
rough, mosaic tiles, gloss finish, aluminium, aggregate
finishes, etc.) to satisfy modern architectural demands.
In addition, the integration of equipment such as
skylights, BMU (building maintenance utilities), LED
(light emitting diode), pipes, wires, etc. bring added
values to construction projects through an efficient,
fully integrated solution. Among other benefits, off-site
manufacturing leads to better schedule control as
several features are pre-fitted, and the facilitated
installation methodology avoids complex and delayed
coordination with other trades works. The HHR roof
panels are installed ‘fully equipped’ with skylights, false
ceilings, mosaic tile finishing and fixtures for building
maintenance utilities (Fig 2.). With the use of
ArmaFORM PET cored sandwich panels, several
functions can be integrated in the structural design
with a minor impact on weight and cost.
Finally, emphasis should be given to the costs, a key
factor in the final awarding process for HHR project.
When it comes to the overall picture – the total life
cycle costs – including construction and installation,
operation and maintenance, replacement and end of
life, ArmaFORM PET cored roofing panels turned out to
be the most cost-effective solution.
The roofing of Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City
railway station shows evidence that ArmaFORM PET
cored sandwich panels seem to be the ‘most advanced
way’ to tackle today’s innovative architectural design
with integrated function and present the ideal choice
for architectural application.
Additional Information
Reuterlov, S. (2013) PET Core Material for Structural
Sandwich Application in Building Construction,
Advanced Composites in Construction 2013, Belfast UK.
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Conference Report
IIFC Polish Group
Dr. Renata Kotynia, University of Lodz, Poland [email protected]
The Polish Group of the International Institute for FRP
in Construction (PG IIFC) was established in March
2007 at the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and
Environmental Engineering at the Technical University
of Lodz, which, since 1998, is the national leader in
research on strengthening reinforced concrete
structures with composite materials. PG IIFC official
patronage is the Committee of Civil Engineering of the
Polish Academy of Sciences. Polish Group IIFC is
currently the youngest organization operating under
the auspices of KILiW Sciences, created to integrate
scientific and engineering applications in the field of
composite materials in infrastructure construction.
The PG IIFC conference was held in Lodz, Poland on
November 18th, 2013. The objective of this special
meeting was to provide a national forum for all
concerned with the application of FRP composites in
civil engineering and to exchange advances in both
research and practice. The conference focused on the
research and field applications of FRP for construction
and rehabilitation of structures. Many examples of
interesting structures of buildings and bridges post-
tensioned with FRPs were presented.
Dr. Kotynia describing COST Action [see FRP International, Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2013)].
The PG IIFC was honoured by Prof. Rudolf Seracino
Associate Professor at the Civil Construction and
Environmental Engineering Department, North
Carolina State University, who as the invited keynote
speaker, provided a very impressive presentation
entitled FRP Repair of Damaged or Deteriorated RC
Columns.
The meeting represented a unique opportunity for over
50 participants: academics and researchers
(Universities of Lodz, Warsaw, Silesian, Wroclaw,
Cracow, Gdansk, Lublin, Rzeszow, Bialystok), engineers,
FRP manufacturers, structure owners, commercial
companies (including S&P Reinforcement, MC-
Bauchemie, BBR) and delegates from the national
public and industrial institutions to present and
exchange views on present and future research.
The sponsorship of TUL is gratefully acknowledged. I
am deeply thankful to all PG IIFC participants,
colleagues from TUL and Dr. Seracino for the fruitful
meeting and their contributions to the success of this
conference.
Meeting Report
International Symposium on Sustainable Structures and Advanced Composite Materials
Dr. Yan Zhuge, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, [email protected]
The International
Symposium on Sustainable
Structures and Advanced
Composite Materials was
held on 17 December at the
Springfield campus,
University of Southern
Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia. The aim of the
symposium was to bring
together leading
researchers and
practitioners in the field of
composite materials and
structures for a day of cutting edge presentations and
discussions in relation to the development of
sustainable structures by utilising advanced composite
materials. Eleven invited speakers from USA, UK, Hong
Kong, Singapore and Australia presented their current
research activities. Topics addressed ranged from an
infrastructure owner’s perspective of fibre composites
to high performance structures based on FRP confining
tubes. Approximately 50 delegates from universities
and local industry were in attendance. The symposium
ended with the discussion of forming the Australian
Society for Advanced composite in Construction
(ASACC). The symposium was supported through the
Research Leadership Development Program within the
Australian Government’s Collaborative Research
Networks (CRN) program.
Symposia speakers Profs J.F. Chen, D.
Fernando, J.G. Teng and S.T. Smith.
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ASCE Journal of
Composites for
Construction
The American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) Journal of
Composites for Construction
(JCC) is published with the
support of IIFC. As a service to
IIFC members and through an
agreement with ASCE, FRP International provides an
index of ASCE JCC. The ASCE JCC may be found at the
following website:
http://ascelibrary.org/cco/
ASCE JCC subscribers and those with institutional
access are able to obtain full text versions of all papers.
Preview articles are also available at this site. Papers
may be submitted to ASCE JCC through the following
link:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/jrncceng/
ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Volume
17, No. 6. December 2013.
Strain Estimation of CFRP-Confined Concrete Columns Using Energy Approach
Thong M. Pham and Muhammad N. S. Hadi ______________
Experimental Study of the Seismic Behavior of an Earthquake-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Frame Structure Retrofitted with Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
Gao Ma, Hui Li, and Jian Wang ______________
Punching-Shear Strength of Normal and High-Strength Two-Way Concrete Slabs Reinforced with GFRP Bars
Mohamed Hassan, Ehab Ahmed, and Brahim Benmokrane ______________
Flexural Response of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Powder-Actuated Fastened Composites
Tamer El-Maaddawy, Amna Nessabi, and Amr El-Dieb ______________
Innovative Repair Technique for RC Beams Predamaged in Shear
Mohamed Hussein, Hamdy Mohy El-Din Afefy, and Abdel-Hakim Abdel-Khalik Khalil ______________
Durability and Fatigue of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars Gripped with Steel Wedge Anchors
Ahmed El Refai ______________
Fiber-Reinforced Polymers Exposed to Nuclear Power Plant Environment
S. Mukhtar Homam and Shamim A. Sheikh ______________
Effectiveness of Externally Applied CFRP Stirrups for Rehabilitation of Slab-Column Connections
Hakan Erdogan, Pedram Zohrevand, and Amir Mirmiran ______________
Analytical Bond Model for GFRP Bars to Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete
H. Mazaheripour, J. A. O. Barros, J. Sena-Cruz, and F. Soltanzadeh ______________
In-Plane Shear Improvement of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Panels Using NSM CFRP Strips
Dmytro Dizhur, Michael Griffith, and Jason Ingham ______________
FRP-Balsa Composite Sandwich Bridge Deck with Complex Core Assembly
Michael Osei-Antwi, Julia de Castro, Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos, and Thomas Keller ______________
Preparation and Characterization of Steel Surfaces for Adhesive Bonding
D. Fernando, J. G. Teng, T. Yu, and X. L. Zhao ______________
Seismic Behavior of High-Strength Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Columns
Yunita Idris and Togay Ozbakkaloglu ______________
Comparative Experimental Performance of Bridge Deck Slabs with AFRP and Steel Precast Panels
Shobeir Pirayeh Gar, Monique Head, Stefan Hurlebaus, and John B. Mander ______________
Shear Behavior of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams without Web Reinforcement
Ahmed Sabry Farghaly and Brahim Benmokrane ______________
Numerical Analysis of Shear Critical RC Beams Strengthened in Shear with FRP Sheets
Denise Ferreira, Eva Oller, Antonio Marí, and Jesús Bairán ______________
Erratum for “Limitations of FRP Jacketing in Confining Old-Type Reinforced Concrete Members in Axial Compression” by S. P. Tastani, S. J. Pantazopoulou, D. Zdoumba, V. Plakantaras, and E. Akritidis
Souzana Tastani, Stavroula Pantazopoulou, D. Zdoumpa, V. Plakantaras, and E. Akritidis
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Upcoming Conferences and Meetings
ICCM 2014 7th International Conference on
Composite Materials, January 30-31, 2014, Dubai,
UAE. www.waset.org/conferences/2014/dubai/iccm
COMPOTEC, February 5-7, 2014, Carrara, Italy.
www.compotec.it/uk/exhibition/exhibition-compotec.asp
COMPOSITE-EXPO, February 25-27, 2014, Moscow,
Russia. www.composite-expo.com
JEC-Europe, March 11-13, 2014, Paris, France.
www.jeccomposites.com/events/jec-europe-2014
JEC-Asia, June 24-26, 2014, Singapore.
www.jeccomposites.com/events/jec-asia-2014
CICE 2014 7th International
Conference on FRP Composites
in Civil Engineering, August 19-
22, 2014, Vancouver, Canada.
www.cice2014.ca
Accepted papers due: January 15, 2014
FRP Bridges 2014, September 11-12, 2014, London,
UK. www.frpbridges.com
Abstracts due: March 28, 2014
CAMX: Composites and Advanced Materials Expo,
October 13-16, 2014, Orlando, USA. www.thecamx.org
Abstracts due: February 7, 2014
FRPRCS-12 12th International Symposium on Fiber
Reinforced Polymer for Reinforced Concrete
Structures, 2015, Nanjing, China.
APFIS 2015 – 5th Asia-Pacific
Conference on FRP in
Structures, 2015, Nanjing,
China.
Abstracts due in early 2015
CICE 2016 8th International
Conference on FRP Composites
in Civil Engineering, June 2016,
Hong Kong.
APFIS 2015 Awarded to Nanjing, China
IIFC is pleased to announce that Southeast University in
Nanjing, China will host the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference
on FRP in Structures (APFIS) conference. Tentatively
scheduled for late October 2015, Prof. Zhishen Wu will
serve as chair for the conference with Prof. Gang Wu
and Dr. Xin Wang serving as co-chairs. In addition to a
full technical program, technical tours of the
International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering
(IIUSE) research facility, the 2014 Youth Olympic
Games site and the many bridges that cross the Yangtze
at Nanjing are anticipated.
Nanjing Dashenguan Yangtze River Bridge (2011)
CICE 2012 Proceedings
available on IIFC website
The complete Proceedings of CICE
2012 are now available on the IIFC
website: www.iifc-hq.org. All proceedings of official IIFC conferences
presently archived on the IIFC website are:
CICE 2012, Rome, Italy, 13-15 June 2012
CICE 2010, Beijing, China, 27-29 September 2010
APFIS 2009, Seoul, Korea, 9-11 December 2009
CICE 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 July 2008
APFIS 2007, Hong Kong, 12-14 December 2007
CICE 2006, Miami, USA, 13-15 December 2006
BBFS 2005, Hong Kong, 7-9 December 2005
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