Literature review on blast protection by externally bonded FRP reinforcement Ghent University
One of today’s state-of-the-art techniques is the use of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites as Externally Bonded Reinforcement (EBR). This method consists in gluing strips or flexible sheet in the tension zone to increase the resistance capacity or service behaviour of structures. The use of FRP as externally bonded reinforcement has been demonstrated as a very efficient technique mainly for static load conditions. More recently, a number ...