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SUMMARY:FRP bridges in Spain during the last decade
DTSTART:20151211T121500
DTEND:20151211T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T153520Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Carlo Paulotto\, Head of Structural Design Group at Technol
 ogical Centre of ACCIONA infraestructuras\, Madrid\, Spain\nIn the last th
 ree decades\, the use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials in bridg
 e manufacturing has attracted the interest of the civil engineer community
  due to three reasons at least: (i) FRPs may help reducing the maintenance
  costs of bridges due to the fact that they do not suffer from galvanic co
 rrosion\; (ii) the weight of FRPs\, normally between 15 and 20 kN/m3\, off
 ers the chance of manufacturing bridges which weigh less than those built 
 using traditional materials. This is especially useful in remote areas\, s
 ince the transport and installation of the bridge girders are simplified\;
  (iii) the light weight of FRP structural members simplifies their transpo
 rtation and installation then fostering their prefabrication. Their high l
 evels of prefabrication and lightness help speeding up the construction pr
 ocess of bridges and\, as a consequence\, reducing traffic congestions cau
 sed by site activities\, which is nowadays a priority for many bridge cons
 truction projects. The seminar illustrates the design concepts and manufac
 turing processes of a series of vehicular and pedestrian bridges built by 
 ACCIONA Infraestructuras in the last two decades using FRPs. The lessons l
 earnt from each of these projects are highlighted\, and the consequent imp
 rovements introduced in the design and manufacture of the FRP girders in o
 rder to reduce their costs are addressed: open sections instead of closed 
 sections\, glass-carbon fiber laminates instead of full carbon fiber lamin
 ates\, resin infusion instead of hand lay-up. The case of a footbridge in 
 which carbon fiber cables have been used as the main load-bearing system i
 s presented as well. Other applications of FRPs to marine structures and t
 unnel linings are also briefly described.\nBio : Dr Carlo Paulotto current
 ly works at the Technological Centre of ACCIONA Infraestructuras\, located
  in Madrid (Spain)\, as head of the Structural Design Group. He received h
 is Master Degree in Civil Engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome
  in 2000 and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the same university 
 in 2003. After some years spent as research assistant at that university a
 nd as postdoctoral fellow at the European Laboratory for Structural Assess
 ment (ELSA) in Ispra (Italy)\, he joined ACCIONA Infraestructuras in 2007.
  Since then he has been involved in the design and manufacture of all the 
 company’s FRP elements.
LOCATION:GC C3 30 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=GCC330
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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