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Jiang, X. (author), Luo, Chengwei (author), Qiang, X. (author), Zhang, Qilin (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Bijlaard, F.S.K. (author)To investigate the mechanical degradation of the shear properties of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates in bridge decks under hygrothermal aging effects, short-beam shear tests were performed following the ASTM test standard (ASTM D790-10A). Based on the coupled hygro-mechanical finite element (FE) analysis method, an inverse...journal article 2018
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Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Bijlaard, F.S.K. (author)Full-scale fatigue tests were performed on two retrofitted orthotropic bridge decks (OBDs). The retrofitting systems consist of adding a second steel plate on the top of the existing deck. The aim is to reduce the stresses at the fatigue-sensitive details and therefore extend the fatigue life of the OBD by stiffening the existing deck plate....journal article 2017
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Jiang, X. (author), Song, Jie (author), Qiang, X. (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Bijlaard, F.S.K. (author)Influence of moisture absorption/desorption on the flexural properties of Glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates was experimentally investigated under hot/wet aging environments. To characterize mechanical degradation, three-point bending tests were performed following the ASTM test standard (ASTM D790-10A). The flexural properties...journal article 2016
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Louter, P.C. (author), Leung, Calvin (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Vambersky, J.N.J.A. (author)This paper investigates the possibilities of pultruded glass fibre rods as embedded reinforcement in SentryGlas (SG) laminated glass beams. To do so, a series of pullout tests, to investigate the bond strength of the rods to the laminate, and a series of beam tests, to investigate the post-breakage response of the beams, have been performed....conference paper 2010