ABSTRACT

Based on polymer conferences held in 1999 and 2001, Polymer Composites II: Composites Applications in Infrastructure Renewal and Economic Development is a collection of status reports, success stories, and new opportunities from specific composite applications in infrastructure renewal that provide insight to the resulting economic development and effects. This volume brings together multidisciplinary experts involved with polymer composites who validate their design, construction, and performance and present the role that composites play in infrastructure renewal, detail the technical and regualtory barriers, identify helpful agencies, and estimate the possibilities of economic development.

part Session One|85 pages

Status Reports and Success Stories

chapter |10 pages

PennDOT’s First FRP Deck

part Session Two|36 pages

Design Methodologies, Construction, and Design Codes