FCE Public Lecture

Mechanically-Fastened (MF) FRP strips for strengthening concrete structures - A review of 15 years of research and applications

by Prof. Lawrence C. Bank

AbstractThe use of Mechanically Fastening Fiber Reinforced Polymer (MF-FRP) laminates is emerging as a competitive alternative to epoxy-bonded FRP laminates for the rehabilitation of reinforced concrete (RC) members such as beams and slabs. This talk will provide a state-of-the-art review of the experimental, analytical and numerical research aimed at measuring and predicting the strength, the load-deformation response and the failure mode of RC members strengthened with MF-FRP laminates. The talk will discuss the major experimental investigations conducted and the field applications undertaken throughout the world. Ultimate strength design models and constitutive models proposed in the literature will be reviewed and their key assumptions and formulations discussed including those related to the slip between MF-FRP laminate and concrete substrate.

About the Speaker

Prof. Lawrence C. Bank is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York (CCNY) which is a unit of the City University of New York (CUNY). From September 2010 to December 2012 he was Vice President and Associate Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs at the City College of New York. From 2008-2010, Prof. Bank was the Program Director for the Structural Materials and Mechanics Program at the US National Science Foundation (NSF). He served as the lead Program Director the 2010 EFRI Solicitation focused on the Science of Sustainable Buildings. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), as well as a Fellow, and currently President of the International Institute for FRP Composites in Construction (IIFC). He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE). Prof. Bank received his BSc degree from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology in 1980, and his MS and PhD degrees from Columbia University in New York City in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Prof. Bank's primary research is in the areas of the mechanics and design of composite material structures with an emphasis on civil and infrastructure applications, the analysis of sustainable buildings and materials, and engineering of paperboard materials and structures. He has authored numerous technical publications in these fields, holds a number of patents and is the author of the widely-used textbook "Composites for Construction: Structural Design with FRP Materials" (Wiley, 2006).

Date: 9 Dec 2013 (Mon)

Time: 2:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

Venue: Room FJ302, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Department of Civil EngineeringThe City College of New York

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