A bio-based fibre-reinforced plastic pedestrian bridge for Schiphol

The present paper investigates Bio-based fibre-reinforced plastics, used as a load-bearing element of a bridge. We aim to increase the renewable content and decreasing the embodied energy of FRP. To achieve that, the consisting raw materials of these plastics which are based on non-renewable resources, are substituted by alternative less energy...

Bio-based FRP structures: A pedestrian bridge in Schiphol Logistics Park

Conventional composite plastics that are widely used in the building industry, are becoming more and more criticized in regards with their unsustainable petrochemical resources and their increased embodied energy. Under the global environmental awareness of the recent years, new polymeric materials based on renewable natural resources have...