FRP Strengthened Metallic Structures

FRP has high strength and weight, resistance to corrosion and environmental degradation, cost effectiveness and durability. This revised new edition adds a chapter on performance under large deformation cyclic, impact and blast loading. Now with CNT modified epoxy, shear and torsion, CFRP-strengthening, fatigue design and connections. Metallic structures such as bridges, offshore platforms, and mining facilities often need to be retrofitted due to ageing and deterioration, increased loading and change of use. Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) has a high strength-to- weight ratio, excellent resistance to corrosion and environmental degradation, and offers increased and cost-effective durability. This new edition of FRP-Strengthened Metallic Structures is overhauled throughout, to capture the latest worldwide research for a comprehensive treatment of the behaviour and design of FRP-strengthened metallic structures. It includes a new chapter on enhancement of dynamic performance under large deformation cyclic loading, impact and blast loading, and provides new material on CNT-modified epoxy, shear and torsion-strengthening, compression members strengthened using prestressed CFRP plates, fatigue strengthening of welded joints.