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Evaluation of GFRP Honeycomb Beams for the O’Fallon Park Bridge
Authors:Guido Camata  Benson Shing
Affiliation:1Researcher, Dept. of CEAE, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0428; also, Facolta’ di Architettura, Univ. “G. D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy.
2Professor, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA 92093.
Abstract:This paper presents a study on the evaluation of the static performance of a glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bridge deck that was installed in O’Fallon Park over Bear Creek west of the City of Denver. The bridge deck has a sandwich panel configuration, consisting of two stiff faces separated by a light-weight honeycomb core. The deck was manufactured using a hand lay-up technique. To assist the preliminary design of the deck, the stiffness and load-carrying capacities of four approximately 330 mm (13 in.) wide GFRP beam specimens were evaluated. The crushing capacity of the panel was also examined by subjecting four 330×305×190?mm?(13×12×7.5?in.) specimens to compression tests. The experimental data were analyzed and compared to results obtained from analytical and finite element models, which have been used to enhance the understanding of the experimental observations. The failure of all four beams was caused by the delamination of the top faces. In spite of the scatter of the tests results, the beams showed good shear strengths at the face-to-core interface as compared to similar panels evaluated in prior studies.
Keywords:Bridge decks  Fiber reinforced polymers  Finite element method  Sandwich panels  Beams  Honeycomb structures  Colorado  
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