Design and Site Application of Prestressed Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Sheets for Strengthening Concrete Structures
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24, Issue 6
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Acknowledgments
The ASCE Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures invited this article as part of the ASCE/TCFE Handbook on Practices to Reduce Failures and advised publication in the Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Centres of Excellence through the Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures Network (ISIS Canada), and Queen’s University provided financial support to our research. The technical contents do not necessarily represent the opinion of the funding agencies.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 24 • Issue 6 • December 2010
Pages: 495 - 496
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Received: May 13, 2010
Accepted: May 18, 2010
Published online: Nov 15, 2010
Published in print: Dec 2010
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