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A Guide to Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Trail Bridges

Appendix F—Web Sites

FRP Bridge Inspections

Identification of Fiber Breakage in Fiber Reinforced Plastic by Low-Amplitude Filtering of Acoustic Emission Data. Web site: http://www.springerlink.com/content/u4x5336862953w28/

Long-Term In-Service Evaluation of Two Bridges Designed with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Girders. Bernard Leonard Kassner. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09062004-152133/unrestricted /Kassner_Thesis.pdf

Thermal Infrared Inspection of FRP Bridge Decks for Health Monitoring. Marybeth Miceli, Lucius Pitkin, Inc. (USA); John C. Duke and Michael Horne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA). Web site: http://spiedl.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id
=PSISDG005073000001000328000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

University of Delaware—Nondestructive Inspection of FRP Composite Bridge Using Vibration Techniques
Web site: http://www.ccm.udel.edu/Pubs/posters02/P_posters/P167.pdf

General Information

Composites World. Web site:http://www.compositesworld.com/glossary

Polymer Composites III 2004. Transportation Infra-structure, Defense and Novel Applications of Composites. Proceedings, March 30-April 1, 2004. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Editors: Robert C. Creese and Hota GangaRao. Web site: http://www.destechpub.com/pageview.asp?pageid=15104

United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration—FRP Library. Web site: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/frp/frppaper.htm

Pedestrian Bridges

Antioch Composite Pedestrian Bridge, Antioch, IL (1996).

Homestead Bridge, Los Alamos, NM (1997). Web site: http://composite.about.com/library/weekly/aa102797.htm

LaSalle St. Composite Pedestrian Walkway (1994).

Preliminary Design and Analysis of a Pedestrian FRP Bridge Deck. Lulea University of Technology, licentiate thesis by Patrice Godonou. Web site: http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2002/18/index-en.html