| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Coleman, Jason Thomas
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| Author's Email Address |
jtcoleman@comcast.net |
| URN |
etd-04152002-222326 |
| Title |
Continuation of Field and Laboratory Tests of a Proposed Bridge Deck Panel Fabricated from Pultruded
Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Components |
| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Civil Engineering |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Cousins, Thomas E. |
Committee Co-Chair |
| Lesko, John J. |
Committee Co-Chair |
| Gomez, Jose P. |
Committee Member |
| Roberts-Wollmann, Carin L. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- bridge decks
- pultrusion
- fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)
- fiberglass
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| Date of Defense |
2002-02-20 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This thesis presents research completed on the experimental performance of two 6 3/4 in thick bridge deck panels fabricated by the Stongwell Corporation of Bristol, Virginia. The panels are made of off-the-shelf, pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer elements, bonded and mechanically fastened together. The testing involved laboratory stiffness tests performed on one deck panel which afterwards, was placed in a field test site at the I-81 Troutville Weigh Station facility. The daily truck traffic over the deck panel at this site is approximately 5400 vehicles. The second deck panel was constructed as a prototype to test benefits of steel thru-rod mechanical connectors. Further, a rubber tire loading patch was developed for the laboratory stiffness and strength tests performed on this second specimen to investigate modes of failure. Both decks made use of a hook bolt type connection to steel support beams in order to reduce damage seen in previous methods of connection.
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