miscellaneous

Connection of the CFRP anchorage

cones to the bridge deck and tower
threads
dowels
threads
inside
and
outside

nut
threads
inside
and
outside
threaded
rod

threads
inside
and
outside
dowels
Materials by Combination:
Lightweight Non Corrosive Beams
Corroding Decks of Parking Garages

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Filament wound GFRP Box Beam

Cross Section Elevation

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Cross Section

EP adhesive layer

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Cross Section

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Cross Section

EP adhesive layer

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Cross Section

high strength concrete

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Cross Section

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Cross Section

high strength concrete

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Cross Section

EP adhesive layers
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Cross Section

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Cross Section

EP adhesive layers
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Cross Section

CFRP strips, each only 10mm2

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Cross Section

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Cross Section

CFRP strips, each only 10mm2

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Cross Section
180

55
300

all measurements in [mm]

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Loading Arrangement

∆
1500 1500

all measurements in [mm]

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Loading Experiment
120

80
F [kN]

40

∆ [kN]
0
0 20 40 60
Loading Experiment
120

80
F [kN]

40

∆ [kN]
0
0 20 40 60
Loading Experiment
120

80
F [kN]

40

∆ [kN]
0
0 20 40 60
Fatigue Loading
Loading for Creep Experiments

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Creep Experiments (1761 days = 4.8 years)

30
Temperature [°C]
Deflection [mm]

25
20
15
10
5
0

Days
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1975: Geodesic GFRP Dome, Leuk

Intense UV
in Alps
1975: Geodesic GFRP Dome, Leuk

still perfectly
functioning
(fully waterproof)
but
1975: Geodesic GFRP Dome, Leuk

touch
the
outside
surface
and
………..
1975: Geodesic GFRP Dome, Leuk

your
fingers
are
full of
degraded
polymer
1975: Geodesic GFRP Dome, Leuk

Similar
protective foil
like at world’s
biggest doors
at Vertical
Assembly
Building VAB
at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center,
1968
1967 Geisslingen, Germany

Engineering Heinz Isler , Switzerland

2014 Geisslingen, Germany

47 years later: insufficient lucency

Engineering Heinz Isler , Switzerland

2014 Geisslingen, Germany

but structurally still fully satisfactory

Engineering Heinz Isler , Switzerland

Poles for Power
Lines

until now:
30 meters
12 tones
CFRP concrete power poles
Self-Sensing System for UD CFRP
Self-Sensing System for UD CFRP

I+ I-

U U U U
The mould is going to be closed

G. P. Terrasi
 new versus classical

5.8 t
12 t

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Flexural testing
Flexural testing Proof load
(70% MR , 1.2 x MSer)
25
Ultimate service load
(MR/1.8)
Load at the tip [kN]

20

15

10

Experiment
5
Calculation
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Deflection at the tip [mm]
 CFRP concrete power poles

G. P. Terrasi
Made with Pre-tensioned CFRP
10 km CFRP wires

Giovanni P Terrasi / SACCAC

Made with Pre-tensioned CFRP
19 km CFRP wires

Giovanni P Terrasi / SACCAC

Field Installation

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A Just-In-Time “Post-Strengthening”?
Airbags save lives in the automotive
sector!
Airbags save lives in the automotive
sector!

Why not in
structural applications?
Huge airbags enable safe landing of
space crafts
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

high risk zone

A. Çakmak, A. Moropoulou & C. L. Mullen

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

telescopic
columns
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

crosshead
U-profile
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul inside
U-profile
folded
airbag
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Nobody in this room can say it does not
work!
We have nowadays new strong and
toughened composite textiles and very
powerful gas-generators!
These is a typical “Hermann Hesse-Case”!
“Try the impossible to achieve the possible!”

Hermann Hesse