<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents proposals for the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer composites for the construction of engineering objects, known and commonly used in the shipbuilding industry. An example of a pedestrian footbridge was used in this case, which, despite the considerable thickness of the structural material, was made using infusion technology in one production cycle. The designed and produced footbridge span is durable, dynamically resistant, incombustible, easy to install and maintain, resistant to weather conditions and also aesthetically interesting. For footbridge production environmentally friendly PET foam core may be used. It may come from recycling of used plastic packages and which is produced with less energy consumption process and much less CO2 emission. The load bearing part of the structure (skin) is made of polymer laminate reinforced with glass fabrics (GFRP).</p></abstract>

The paper presents proposals for the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer composites for the construction of engineering objects, known and commonly used in the shipbuilding industry. An example of a pedestrian footbridge was used in this case, which, despite the considerable thickness of the structural material, was made using infusion technology in one production cycle. The designed and produced footbridge span is durable, dynamically resistant, incombustible, easy to install and maintain, resistant to weather conditions and also aesthetically interesting. For footbridge production environmentally friendly PET foam core may be used. It may come from recycling of used plastic packages and which is produced with less energy consumption process and much less CO2 emission. The load bearing part of the structure (skin) is made of polymer laminate reinforced with glass fabrics (GFRP).

Composite GFRP U-Shaped Footbridge

Polish Maritime Research

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The paper presents proposals for the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer composites for the construction of engineering objects, known and commonly used in...

Composite GFRP U-Shaped Footbridge

Article Category: Special Issue Title: Coastal, Offshore and Ocean Engineering

Publié en ligne: 23 mai 2017

Pages: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0017

Mots clés
polymer composites, sandwich structures, footbridge, fobridge

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Composite GFRP U-Shaped Footbridge

Article Category: Special Issue Title: Coastal, Offshore and Ocean Engineering

Publié en ligne: 23 mai 2017

Pages: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0017

Mots cléspolymer composites, sandwich structures, footbridge, fobridge

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
polymer composites, sandwich structures, footbridge, fobridge