FRP INTERNATIONALthe official newsletter of the International Institute for FRP in Construction

Editor’s Note

2014 promises to be a banner year for IIFC and the FRP Construction community in

general. The highlight of the year will no doubt be the 7th International Conference on

FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 21014) to be held August 19-22, 2014 in

Vancouver, Canada. The organising committee received over 420 abstracts from 42

countries and over 150 full papers have been received by January 1. The deadline for

paper submission is January 15. A number of special issues of leading international

journals – Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Polymers, Advances in Structural

Engineering and the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering – will be developed based on

outstanding CICE submissions.

Speaking of special issues, the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction will publish a

special issue commemorating the 10th anniversary of IIFC, celebrated in these very pages

throughout 2013, later this Spring.

A number of other international specialty conferences and meetings are planned, notably

FRP Bridges 2014 (September 11-12, 2014 in London). Additionally, FRP applications

continue to make great inroads in other more ‘conventional’ conferences and journals.

FRP materials are becoming mainstream in the construction industry.

Mainstream indeed; another significant milestone for the FRP community is expected in

2014: the approval of the ASCE/SEI Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of

Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structures Standard. A number of IIFC members

are contributing to this Standard. Keep reading FRP International for both an

announcement and summary of this new, and much needed, design document.

Finally, on a personal note, it is with great sadness that we report the passing of a good

friend and exemplary colleague, Professor Khaled Soudki. While the following pages

contain both a formal announcement and brief remembrance, I wish to add my voice to

those expressing condolences to Khal’s family and his friends and colleagues around the

world. Khal, my friend, you will be greatly missed.

Editor Kent A. Harries University of Pittsburgh, USA

IIFC Executive Committee President Lawrence C. Bank City College of New York, USA

Senior Vice President Jian-Fei Chen Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Vice Presidents Charles E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University, USA

Renata Kotynia Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Scott T. Smith Southern Cross University, Australia

Treasurer Amir Fam Queen’s University, Canada

Webmaster Jian-Guo Dai Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Members-at-Large Laura De Lorenzis Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig, Germany

Emmanuel Ferrier Université Lyon 1, France

Conference Coordinators Raafat El-Hacha (CICE 2014) University of Calgary, Canada

Xin Wang (APFIS 2015) Southeast University, China

Secretary Rudolf Seracino North Carolina State University, USA

Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2014

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The IIFC community mourns the loss of their friend and

colleague, Professor Khal Soudki, who passed away

early in the morning on Tuesday, September 17, 2013

after a long battle with cancer. Khal is survived by his

wife, Rana Shami, and daughter Sara and son Adnan.

Khal was a graduate of the American University of

Beirut (BEng, 1987), Cornell University (MSc, 1989)

and the University of Manitoba (PhD, 1994), and held a

postdoctoral position at Queen’s University in Kingston.

Professor Soudki joined the Department of Civil &

Environmental Engineering at the University of

Waterloo as an Assistant Professor in 1996. A prolific

and well-respected researcher, he quickly progressed

to Associate Professor in 2001 and full Professor in

2006. In 2003, he was appointed Canada Research

Chair in Innovative Structural Rehabilitation; he was

reappointed in 2006 for a further five-year term. He

was also the founding Dean of Engineering at the

American University in Dubai, UAE and a former

visiting scholar at the Swiss Federal Laboratory for

Material Testing (EMPA). Khal was very active on many

international scientific committees and was a Fellow of

the American Concrete Institute.

Professor Soudki was an internationally renowned

leader in the field of reinforced and prestressed

concrete structures with emphasis on the use of

advanced fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) for the

repair of structures. His research and teaching

contributions over the last twenty years resulted in

more than 250 research publications, including patents,

book chapters and many journal and conference

publications. Khal will be missed by his friends and

colleagues around the world.

[based on obituary at: waterloo.ca]

Professor Khaled Soudki

Dr. Martin Noel, Queen’s University, Canada Martin.noel@queensu.ca

Professor Khaled Soudki was a prolific researcher and

leading expert in the use of FRP materials for structural

applications. As a Canada Research Chair in Innovative

Structural Rehabilitation at the University of Waterloo,

Canada, Professor Soudki co-authored over 250

research publications including two patents. His

publications have been cited more than 1000 times. In

his sixteen years at the University of Waterloo, he

supervised 20 PhD students, 25 Master’s students and

10 post-doctoral fellows; 15 former students and

postdocs have gone on to careers in academia in

universities around the world. His contributions

toward the advancement of the state-of-the-art for FRP

in civil engineering were significant and include

ground-breaking investigations on the use of FRP for

the repair, rehabilitation and strengthening of

corrosion-damaged or strength-deficient concrete and

steel structures as well as the behaviour of FRP-

reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

Professor Soudki’s extensive research on corrosion led

to an improved understanding of the mechanics of

concrete structures with corroded reinforcement

before and after repair with FRP. Using accelerated

corrosion techniques, laboratory investigations were

used to replicate the problems observed in the field, the

results of which were then used to rehabilitate existing

structures. This allowed for extended service lives and

tremendous cost savings. Figure 1 shows corroded and

repaired laboratory specimens while Figure 2 shows

the FRP repair of a bridge just outside the city of

Waterloo, Ontario.

Khaled SOUDKI, PhD, PEng, FACI

1965 – 2013

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Figure 1 Repaired corroded beams in sustained loading frames.

Figure 2 FRP repair of a bridge near Waterloo, Ontario.

Another major contribution from Professor Soudki’s

FRP work was the development of a reusable

prestressing anchor for FRP tendons. Since they were

first introduced as an alternative to steel reinforcement

for concrete structures, engineers have looked for ways

to take advantage of the high strength and elastic strain

capacity of FRP materials through prestressing. In

many cases, gripping or anchorage mechanisms

presented a major obstacle to the implementation of

FRP prestressing since the transverse pressure induced

in the bar often led to premature rupture. Professor

Soudki and his colleagues developed a patented FRP

anchor technology that was reusable, simple to use and

able to develop the full strength of FRP tendons under

both static and fatigue loading. Examples of FRP

prestressed concrete members in laboratory

investigations are shown in Figures 3 through 5.

Figure 3 Concrete beam strengthened using external CFRP tendons.

Figure 4 Full-scale slab bridge strip post-tensioned with CFRP tendons.

Figure 5 GFRP-prestressed concrete beam in loading frame.

Professor Soudki also contributed significantly to other

research areas in civil engineering including the fatigue

of structures, mechanics of bond, and the development

of advanced and sustainable building materials. Select

publications involving the use of FRP composites for

civil engineering applications are listed below:

Al-Hammoud, R., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2011. Fatigue flexural behavior of corroded reinforced concrete beams repaired with CFRP sheets, Journal of Composites for Construction, 15(1).

Badawi, M. and Soudki, K. 2009. Flexural strengthening of RC beams with prestressed NSM CFRP rods - Experimental and analytical investigation, Construction and Building Materials, 23(10).

El Maaddawy, T. and Soudki, K. 2008. Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs with mechanically-anchored unbonded FRP system, Construction and Building Materials, 22(4).

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Soudki, K., El-Salakawy, E. and Craig, B. 2007. Behavior of CFRP strengthened reinforced concrete beams in corrosive environment, Journal of Composites for Construction, 11(3).

Masoud, S. and Soudki, K. 2006. Evaluation of corrosion activity in FRP repaired RC beams, Cement and Concrete Composites, 28(10).

Al-Mayah, A., Soudki, K. and Plumtree, A. 2006. Development and assessment of a new CFRP rod-anchor system for prestressed concrete, Applied Composite Materials, 13(5).

Harajli, M., Hantouche, E. and Soudki, K. 2006. Stress-strain model for fiber-reinforced polymer jacketed concrete columns, ACI Structural Journal, 103(5).

Masoud, S., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2005. Postrepair fatigue performance of FRP-repaired corroded RC beams: Experimental and analytical investigation, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(5).

Chahrour, A. and Soudki, K. 2005. Flexural response of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with end-anchored partially bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer strips, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).

El Maaddawy, T. and Soudki, K. 2005. Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer repair to extend service life of corroded reinforced concrete beams, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).

Badawi, M. and Soudki, K. 2005. Control of corrosion-induced damage in reinforced concrete beams using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates, Journal of Composites for Construction, 9(2).

Soudki, K. and Sherwood, T. 2003. Bond behavior of corroded steel reinforcement in concrete wrapped with carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 15(4).

Harajli, M. and Soudki, K. 2003. Shear strengthening of interior slab-column connections using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer sheets, Journal of Composites for Construction, 7(2).

Masoud, S., Soudki, K. and Topper, T. 2001. CFRP-strengthened and corroded RC beams under monotonic and fatigue loads, Journal of Composites for Construction, 5(4).

Al-Mayah, A., Soudki, K. and Plumtree, A. 2001. Mechanical behavior of CFRP rod anchors under tensile loading, Journal of Composites for Construction, 5(2).

Soudki, K. and Sherwood, T. 2000. Behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates subjected to corrosion damage, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 27(5).

IIFC Education Task Group and Webinars

Emmanuel Ferrier, Université Lyon 1 Chair, IIFC Education Task Group emmanuel.ferrier@univ-lyon1.fr

The objective of the IIFC Education Task Group is to

promote education and knowledge transfer of IIFC

researcher’s to students and industry. The Task Group

reported on the various potential activities and the IIFC

Executive Committee decided to initiate an IIFC

webinar series. The series will consist of short online

seminars on specialized topics. Students enrol in a

virtual classroom and follow the course from their

computer; this type of course delivery is well-

established at many universities. Each webinar

contains commentary from the presenting professor,

an annotated dash board, details on calculation

methods described and allows participant interaction.

A network of volunteers has been assembled to

develop a series of two-hour webinars covering theory,

practical information and calculation methods for each

topic. The contents of each webinar are approved by

the IIFC Education Task Group and an annual program

of webinars is envisioned.

IIFC has initiated this webinar series utilising the LYON

1 University platform. The first webinar, FRP material

for strengthening of structures in the field of

construction, was presented by Prof. E. Ferrier on 20

November 2013. For this trial, eight virtual students

participated. The second webinar, held 8 January 2014:

RC beam strengthened for flexure presented by Prof. E.

Martinelli was attended by 29!

The next webinar, RC beam strengthened for shear will

be presented by Prof. J. Barros on 20 February at 09:00

UTC (London). Further information will be available on

the IIFC website (www.iiifc-hq.org).

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Profs Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Scott Smith and Xiao-Ling

Zhao, Co-Chairs of APFIS 2013

The fourth IIFC Asia-Pacific Pacific Conference on FRP

in Structures (APFIS) was held in Melbourne, Australia,

December 11-13, 2013. The APFIS conference is a

regional conference focusing on research and

applications of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) in civil

and structural engineering. The conference was

attended by 130 delegates from 20 countries including:

Australia, Canada, China (Mainland, Hong Kong and

Taiwan), Denmark, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia,

New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and USA. The

proceedings include 107 papers. The Best Paper Award

was presented to N.F. Grace, K. Ushijima, S.K. Rout and

M. Bebawy for the paper entitled “Shear behaviour of

prestressed decked bulb T beams reinforced with CFCC

strips” at the conference banquet.

During the course

of the conference,

there were 103

presentations and

six keynote

presentations. The

keynote

presentations

were delivered

by Professors

Zdeněk Bažant,

Hui Li, Dan Frangopol, and Alper Ilki; and Drs Jian-Guo

Dai, Geoff Taplin and Binh Pham. The contributions of

all keynote speakers are gratefully appreciated.

The technical tours throughout the conference included

a visit to Swinburne's Smart Structures Laboratory

(SSL), the West Gate Bridge and the observation

platform of the Eureka Tower. The SSL visit featured a

demonstration of capabilities including the new MAST

six-degree of freedom setup combined with a hybrid

testing facility. The West Gate Bridge visit included

access inside the steel box girder of the main cable-

stayed deck and close viewing of one of the thirty-eight

post tensioned concrete box girder spans which were

recently retrofitted with FRP composites. The project is

considered the largest in the world in terms of the

amount of FRP used [see FRP International Vol. 8, No. 3

(July 2011)].

Prof. Al-Mahaidi demonstrating an FRP anchorage test

at the SSL facility at Swinburne University.

IIFC members touring West Gate Bridge

(and apparently approving).

A very international meeting: Profs John Myers, Scott

Smith, Larry Bank, Raafat El-Hacha and Alper Ilki touring the West Gate Bridge.

As Chairs of the Organising Committee of the

conference, we would like to thank Swinburne

University of Technology for hosting the conference

and making available its administrative staff, graduate

students and excellent facilities which ensured smooth

running of the plenary and parallel sessions. We would

also like to thank our industry sponsors BASF Australia,

MTS-ACS, Bestech and Instron. We are grateful to

Vicroads, the Victorian State Road Authority, for

organising the technical tour of the West Gate Bridge.

Conference Report: APFIS 2013 – 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures

Conference Report: APFIS 2013 – 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures

Keynote speakers Profs Dan Frangapol and Zdeněk Bažant with

APFIS Co-Chair Prof. Scott Smith.

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This article is based on a paper presented at the ACIC

2013 Conference in Belfast in September 2013. It was

selected for reader interest by the editor.

ArmaFORM PET cored sandwich panels in the roofing structure of Jeddah/King Abdullah Economic City railway stations : the fully integrated solution

Henri Chapelle, PET Core Global, Thimister-Clermont, Belgium henri.chapelle@armacell.com

Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City railway

stations are two stops of the ‘Haramain High Speed

Rail’ project (HHR) in Saudi Arabia that will link the

most important religious cities, Medina and Mecca. This

460 km long, high speed railway system includes five

main railway stations: Central Jeddah, King Abdulaziz

International Airport, Mecca, Medina and King

Abdullah Economic City, each designed by Foster &

Partners, alongside the engineering firm, Buro Happold

and consultant Dar Al Handasah. This route will permit

the growing numbers of pilgrims and visitors to make

the journey between the two holy cities in under three

hours. It is said that more than 160,000 passengers are

expected every day during the peak time of pilgrimage

(with a potential demand of more than 60 million

passengers per year).

All HHR railway stations, except for the airport station,

are based on a similar design with a structural

composite roof structure comprised of fibre reinforced

plastic (FRP) sandwich panels, supported by a massive

steel set-up. In total, for the four stations, the FRP

roofing covers approximately 160,000 square metres.

Central Jeddah station's FRP roof is designed by Calcul

Meca and manufactured by Saudi Oger, a leading

construction company while King Abdullah Economic

City station's FRP roof is designed and manufactured

by BFG International, a global leader in advance

composites. Both station roofs cover a surface area of

approximately 92,000 square metres and are

composed of 114 grids of 27 x 27 metres each, with a

free span of up to 14 metres. One grid consists of

composite panels made in several parts and is

composed of a steel column supporting four primary

beams, eight secondary beams and four edge beams

(Fig. 1). The roof panels incorporate several features

such as skylights, walkways, fall arrestors, access

hatches and cleaning cradles. The external finishing is

made of bronze-coloured, hexagonal, stainless steel

mosaic tiles and the internal finishing of an acoustic,

suspended false ceiling. More than 3,000 diamond-

shaped skylights, each having a Fresnel system, are

incorporated into the roof system (Fig. 1).

Figure 1 HHR roof system under construction.

To cope with the design requirements of the complex

roof structure of the railway stations, the following FRP

composite panel design was chosen: For the core

material with its high structural capacity versus weight,

fire behaviour, thermal conductivity, high processing

temperature and low water absorption, ArmaFORM

PET foam was used. The low density PET core is

reinforced with high strength, multiaxial E-glass fibre

and laminated by fire-retarded epoxy resin.

ArmaFORM PET cored roof sandwich panels

provide integrated functions

The lightweight character of such FRP sandwich panels

enables larger pieces to be constructed without

secondary support and, at the same time, significantly

reduces the supporting structure requirements. All in

all, the lightweight nature facilitates and speeds up

handling during assembly and lowers installation as

well as transportation costs. However, such a solution

requires that FRP solutions be considered at the

preliminary design stage of a building project, as was

the case with HHR, to secure all the inherent benefits of

the PET foam cores based FRP sandwich solution.

Stiffness and at the same time light weight were not the

only challenges the designers and architects had to

cope with. The Arabian climate, with its extremely large

variations in temperature, from sub-zero at night to

55+°C during the day, in combination with high

moisture levels, winds and sands require the use of

very robust materials. ArmaFORM PET foam cores

provide enough temperature stability to manage the

temperature changes, even at the elevated temperature

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of 70°C the roof surface of the King Abdullah Economic

City railway station can easily reach in the summer.

Besides thermal stability, ArmaFORM PET also

performs very well in wet conditions. The closed cell

structure of PET foam cores prevents water and

moisture absorption and thus the degradation of

structural and insulation properties. The excellent

resistance of ArmaFORM PET to corrosion and rot

increases the durability of the roofing panels

significantly, which means less maintenance and

repairs, and thus reduced life cycle costs. Not to

mention the inherent high thermal insulation

properties of PET foam cores that keep the heat outside

and the cooling inside. In a desert country, the energy

savings can be enormous.

When it comes to innovative, advanced design, a

further decisive point in favour of ArmaFORM PET is its

thermoplastic nature that allows PET foams to be easily

thermoformed and shaped into the most complex

forms and geometries. Different than thermoset

polymer cores and conventional building materials, the

PET core can be heated to its softening point and then

reshaped without degrading its properties, in case of

grid scoring, or adding weight because of the

corresponding resin intake. This flexibility in design

allows a choice of practically any form and shape that is

suitable to the architect’s theme for such a roof

structure (Fig 2.).

Figure 2 HHR roof.

As in all public buildings, safety is a key issue of HHR;

the materials need to fulfil stringent fire, smoke and

toxicity properties. Although it is often doubted, FRP

composites have very good fire properties and meet

the most stringent standards. External testing of the

roof panels shows that ArmaFORM PET complies in all

relevant aspects of ASTM E84 testing.

Besides the structural requirements, FRP sandwich

panels offer further remarkable features like fully

integrated thermal insulation or wide, to almost

unlimited, surface finishing options (seamless, smooth,

rough, mosaic tiles, gloss finish, aluminium, aggregate

finishes, etc.) to satisfy modern architectural demands.

In addition, the integration of equipment such as

skylights, BMU (building maintenance utilities), LED

(light emitting diode), pipes, wires, etc. bring added

values to construction projects through an efficient,

fully integrated solution. Among other benefits, off-site

manufacturing leads to better schedule control as

several features are pre-fitted, and the facilitated

installation methodology avoids complex and delayed

coordination with other trades works. The HHR roof

panels are installed ‘fully equipped’ with skylights, false

ceilings, mosaic tile finishing and fixtures for building

maintenance utilities (Fig 2.). With the use of

ArmaFORM PET cored sandwich panels, several

functions can be integrated in the structural design

with a minor impact on weight and cost.

Finally, emphasis should be given to the costs, a key

factor in the final awarding process for HHR project.

When it comes to the overall picture – the total life

cycle costs – including construction and installation,

operation and maintenance, replacement and end of

life, ArmaFORM PET cored roofing panels turned out to

be the most cost-effective solution.

The roofing of Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City

railway station shows evidence that ArmaFORM PET

cored sandwich panels seem to be the ‘most advanced

way’ to tackle today’s innovative architectural design

with integrated function and present the ideal choice

for architectural application.

Additional Information

Reuterlov, S. (2013) PET Core Material for Structural

Sandwich Application in Building Construction,

Advanced Composites in Construction 2013, Belfast UK.

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Conference Report

IIFC Polish Group

Dr. Renata Kotynia, University of Lodz, Poland renata.kotynia@p.lodz.pl

The Polish Group of the International Institute for FRP

in Construction (PG IIFC) was established in March

2007 at the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and

Environmental Engineering at the Technical University

of Lodz, which, since 1998, is the national leader in

research on strengthening reinforced concrete

structures with composite materials. PG IIFC official

patronage is the Committee of Civil Engineering of the

Polish Academy of Sciences. Polish Group IIFC is

currently the youngest organization operating under

the auspices of KILiW Sciences, created to integrate

scientific and engineering applications in the field of

composite materials in infrastructure construction.

The PG IIFC conference was held in Lodz, Poland on

November 18th, 2013. The objective of this special

meeting was to provide a national forum for all

concerned with the application of FRP composites in

civil engineering and to exchange advances in both

research and practice. The conference focused on the

research and field applications of FRP for construction

and rehabilitation of structures. Many examples of

interesting structures of buildings and bridges post-

tensioned with FRPs were presented.

Dr. Kotynia describing COST Action [see FRP International, Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 2013)].

The PG IIFC was honoured by Prof. Rudolf Seracino

Associate Professor at the Civil Construction and

Environmental Engineering Department, North

Carolina State University, who as the invited keynote

speaker, provided a very impressive presentation

entitled FRP Repair of Damaged or Deteriorated RC

Columns.

The meeting represented a unique opportunity for over

50 participants: academics and researchers

(Universities of Lodz, Warsaw, Silesian, Wroclaw,

Cracow, Gdansk, Lublin, Rzeszow, Bialystok), engineers,

FRP manufacturers, structure owners, commercial

companies (including S&P Reinforcement, MC-

Bauchemie, BBR) and delegates from the national

public and industrial institutions to present and

exchange views on present and future research.

The sponsorship of TUL is gratefully acknowledged. I

am deeply thankful to all PG IIFC participants,

colleagues from TUL and Dr. Seracino for the fruitful

meeting and their contributions to the success of this

conference.

Meeting Report

International Symposium on Sustainable Structures and Advanced Composite Materials

Dr. Yan Zhuge, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, Yan.Zhuge@usq.edu.au

The International

Symposium on Sustainable

Structures and Advanced

Composite Materials was

held on 17 December at the

Springfield campus,

University of Southern

Queensland, Brisbane,

Australia. The aim of the

symposium was to bring

together leading

researchers and

practitioners in the field of

composite materials and

structures for a day of cutting edge presentations and

discussions in relation to the development of

sustainable structures by utilising advanced composite

materials. Eleven invited speakers from USA, UK, Hong

Kong, Singapore and Australia presented their current

research activities. Topics addressed ranged from an

infrastructure owner’s perspective of fibre composites

to high performance structures based on FRP confining

tubes. Approximately 50 delegates from universities

and local industry were in attendance. The symposium

ended with the discussion of forming the Australian

Society for Advanced composite in Construction

(ASACC). The symposium was supported through the

Research Leadership Development Program within the

Australian Government’s Collaborative Research

Networks (CRN) program.

Symposia speakers Profs J.F. Chen, D.

Fernando, J.G. Teng and S.T. Smith.

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ASCE Journal of

Composites for

Construction

The American Society of Civil

Engineers (ASCE) Journal of

Composites for Construction

(JCC) is published with the

support of IIFC. As a service to

IIFC members and through an

agreement with ASCE, FRP International provides an

index of ASCE JCC. The ASCE JCC may be found at the

following website:

http://ascelibrary.org/cco/

ASCE JCC subscribers and those with institutional

access are able to obtain full text versions of all papers.

Preview articles are also available at this site. Papers

may be submitted to ASCE JCC through the following

link:

http://www.editorialmanager.com/jrncceng/

ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Volume

17, No. 6. December 2013.

Strain Estimation of CFRP-Confined Concrete Columns Using Energy Approach

Thong M. Pham and Muhammad N. S. Hadi ______________

Experimental Study of the Seismic Behavior of an Earthquake-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Frame Structure Retrofitted with Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

Gao Ma, Hui Li, and Jian Wang ______________

Punching-Shear Strength of Normal and High-Strength Two-Way Concrete Slabs Reinforced with GFRP Bars

Mohamed Hassan, Ehab Ahmed, and Brahim Benmokrane ______________

Flexural Response of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Powder-Actuated Fastened Composites

Tamer El-Maaddawy, Amna Nessabi, and Amr El-Dieb ______________

Innovative Repair Technique for RC Beams Predamaged in Shear

Mohamed Hussein, Hamdy Mohy El-Din Afefy, and Abdel-Hakim Abdel-Khalik Khalil ______________

Durability and Fatigue of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars Gripped with Steel Wedge Anchors

Ahmed El Refai ______________

Fiber-Reinforced Polymers Exposed to Nuclear Power Plant Environment

S. Mukhtar Homam and Shamim A. Sheikh ______________

Effectiveness of Externally Applied CFRP Stirrups for Rehabilitation of Slab-Column Connections

Hakan Erdogan, Pedram Zohrevand, and Amir Mirmiran ______________

Analytical Bond Model for GFRP Bars to Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete

H. Mazaheripour, J. A. O. Barros, J. Sena-Cruz, and F. Soltanzadeh ______________

In-Plane Shear Improvement of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Panels Using NSM CFRP Strips

Dmytro Dizhur, Michael Griffith, and Jason Ingham ______________

FRP-Balsa Composite Sandwich Bridge Deck with Complex Core Assembly

Michael Osei-Antwi, Julia de Castro, Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos, and Thomas Keller ______________

Preparation and Characterization of Steel Surfaces for Adhesive Bonding

D. Fernando, J. G. Teng, T. Yu, and X. L. Zhao ______________

Seismic Behavior of High-Strength Concrete-Filled FRP Tube Columns

Yunita Idris and Togay Ozbakkaloglu ______________

Comparative Experimental Performance of Bridge Deck Slabs with AFRP and Steel Precast Panels

Shobeir Pirayeh Gar, Monique Head, Stefan Hurlebaus, and John B. Mander ______________

Shear Behavior of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams without Web Reinforcement

Ahmed Sabry Farghaly and Brahim Benmokrane ______________

Numerical Analysis of Shear Critical RC Beams Strengthened in Shear with FRP Sheets

Denise Ferreira, Eva Oller, Antonio Marí, and Jesús Bairán ______________

Erratum for “Limitations of FRP Jacketing in Confining Old-Type Reinforced Concrete Members in Axial Compression” by S. P. Tastani, S. J. Pantazopoulou, D. Zdoumba, V. Plakantaras, and E. Akritidis

Souzana Tastani, Stavroula Pantazopoulou, D. Zdoumpa, V. Plakantaras, and E. Akritidis

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Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

ICCM 2014 7th International Conference on

Composite Materials, January 30-31, 2014, Dubai,

UAE. www.waset.org/conferences/2014/dubai/iccm

COMPOTEC, February 5-7, 2014, Carrara, Italy.

www.compotec.it/uk/exhibition/exhibition-compotec.asp

COMPOSITE-EXPO, February 25-27, 2014, Moscow,

Russia. www.composite-expo.com

JEC-Europe, March 11-13, 2014, Paris, France.

www.jeccomposites.com/events/jec-europe-2014

JEC-Asia, June 24-26, 2014, Singapore.

www.jeccomposites.com/events/jec-asia-2014

CICE 2014 7th International

Conference on FRP Composites

in Civil Engineering, August 19-

22, 2014, Vancouver, Canada.

www.cice2014.ca

Accepted papers due: January 15, 2014

FRP Bridges 2014, September 11-12, 2014, London,

UK. www.frpbridges.com

Abstracts due: March 28, 2014

CAMX: Composites and Advanced Materials Expo,

October 13-16, 2014, Orlando, USA. www.thecamx.org

Abstracts due: February 7, 2014

FRPRCS-12 12th International Symposium on Fiber

Reinforced Polymer for Reinforced Concrete

Structures, 2015, Nanjing, China.

APFIS 2015 – 5th Asia-Pacific

Conference on FRP in

Structures, 2015, Nanjing,

China.

Abstracts due in early 2015

CICE 2016 8th International

Conference on FRP Composites

in Civil Engineering, June 2016,

Hong Kong.

APFIS 2015 Awarded to Nanjing, China

IIFC is pleased to announce that Southeast University in

Nanjing, China will host the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference

on FRP in Structures (APFIS) conference. Tentatively

scheduled for late October 2015, Prof. Zhishen Wu will

serve as chair for the conference with Prof. Gang Wu

and Dr. Xin Wang serving as co-chairs. In addition to a

full technical program, technical tours of the

International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering

(IIUSE) research facility, the 2014 Youth Olympic

Games site and the many bridges that cross the Yangtze

at Nanjing are anticipated.

Nanjing Dashenguan Yangtze River Bridge (2011)

CICE 2012 Proceedings

available on IIFC website

The complete Proceedings of CICE

2012 are now available on the IIFC

website: www.iifc-hq.org. All proceedings of official IIFC conferences

presently archived on the IIFC website are:

CICE 2012, Rome, Italy, 13-15 June 2012

CICE 2010, Beijing, China, 27-29 September 2010

APFIS 2009, Seoul, Korea, 9-11 December 2009

CICE 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 July 2008

APFIS 2007, Hong Kong, 12-14 December 2007

CICE 2006, Miami, USA, 13-15 December 2006

BBFS 2005, Hong Kong, 7-9 December 2005

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