Development of an Innovative Fibre Composite Deck Unit Bridge

Fibre composite structures in Australia's civil engineering market: an anatomy of innovation

“…Based on these investigations, prototype full‐scale girder and girder sections were designed, manufactured and tested satisfactorily3–8. The design of the prototype bridge was then finalized, before the full‐scale prototype structure was manufactured and installed on the first evaluation site.…”

Understanding Content Management

“…The results showed that the hybrid GFRP–CFRP–concrete composite girder was cost effective with pseudo‐ductile characteristics and high stiffness and strength properties. In 2002, a similar girder design was evaluated57 where the GFRP box section is reinforced with a CFRP layer at the bottom, but the top GFRP flange is actually designed to sustain the compression force and crushing of the top concrete layer is considered as the warning of failure. A full‐scale bridge superstructure utilizing this girder design concept was built in Toowoomba, Australia in 2002, with a total length of 10 m and a width of 5 m. Another example falling into the same category is the hybrid girder system developed in 2001 that combines GFRP pultruded rectangular profile with polymer concrete58.…”

A Fair Dinkum Approach to Fibre Composites in Civil Engineering

“…The beams combined the high compression capacity of plain concrete with the high strength/low weight characteristics of fibre composites by locating a 100mm deep concrete compression flange on top of 350mm deep box girders formed using glassreinforced isophthalic-polyester pultruded profiles. Additional carbon fibre reinforcement was incorporated into the base of the deck to enhance stiffness [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”