Overview
- Examines current research and applications in the use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil infrastructures
- Emphasizes on innovation, technology implementation, and sustainability concepts
- Looks at specific topics related to durability and service life of FRP composites
- Focuses also on implementation and evaluation of FRP composites applied to infrastructure systems?
Part of the book series: Strategies for Sustainability (STSU)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Durability and Service Life
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Front Matter
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Applications
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ravi K. Jain is Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific. Prior to this appointment, he has held research, faculty, and administrative positions at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Cincinnati. He received degrees in civil engineering (BS, MSCE) from California State University. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. He has directed major research programs for the US department of Defense and has served as chairman of the Environmental Engineering Research Council, ASCE. He is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a fellow of ASCE, and a fellow of AAAS. He has been a Littauer fellow at Harvard University and a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. He has published 14 books, over 150 scholarly papers and technical reports, and has received many awards and honors including the US Army’s highest research award and was a recipient of the NSPE Founders Gold Medal and named Federal Engineering of the Year for 1989.
Luke Lee, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, his M.S. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He is well-known for his work on infrastructure renewal using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, durability characterization of FRP composites, service life estimation, and structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure. His prior appointments include teaching and industry positions at Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, Louisiana) and Structural IntegrityAssociates, Inc. (San Jose, CA).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications
Book Subtitle: Focusing on Innovation, Technology Implementation and Sustainability
Editors: Ravi Jain, Luke Lee
Series Title: Strategies for Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2357-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2356-6Published: 03 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7906-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2357-3Published: 02 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2212-5450
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1582
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 280
Topics: Sustainable Development, Building Materials, Civil Engineering