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www.bris.ac.uk/composites
Testing of Advanced Composites in Civil Engineering Applications
Wendel Sebastian – MA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)
Reader in Structural Engineering , Department of Civil Engineering
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Composites for Life Extension of Bridges and Buildings
Flexural Column Wrapping Shear Reinforcement
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Composites in New-Build
Road Bridge Being Craned into Position
Eye-Catcher Building, Switzerland
Lock Gates
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Local Tyre Load Fatigue of Composite Bridge Decks
Composite Deck-on-Beam Road Bridge Local Tyre Load Effects on Deck
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Field Testing to Quantify Tyre-Deck Interaction
Recording Contact Pressures on Pultruded Deck
Example of Spatial Contact Pressure Distribution
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Equivalent Tyre Effect in Fatigue Proof Testing of Decks
Must be Informed by Spatial Contact Pressure Distributions From Field Study
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Project (EP/K026925/1 - £1.4 M) Glass Fibre Composites
UniversitiesWarwick (lead)BristolBathNewcastleLeeds
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Bristol Uni and Aquamarine LtdOYSTER Wave Energy Converter
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Experimental Work by Bristol University
Mixed-mode Interface Test
T-Joint Testing (Wet & Dry)
T-Joints in Sea
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Other Projects by Dr Wendel Sebastian
Environmental Chamber Tests in Switzerland with Professor Thomas Keller
Input to UK Design Guide
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Dave Hooper
Technical Manager
Guy Pearn
Instrumentation
Joel Ross and Pete Whereat
Laboratory Enthusiasts
Acknowledgements