Rehabilitation of Metallic Structural Systems Using Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites

Dr. Vistasp Karbhari is a Professor in the Departments of Civil Engineering, and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington where he served as the 8th President. An internationally reputed researcher, Dr. Karbhari is an expert in the processing and mechanics of composites, durability of materials, infrastructure rehabilitation, and multi-threat mitigation and has authored/coauthored over 460 papers in journals and conference publications and is the editor/co-editor of 6 books. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the National Academy of Inventors (NAI); ASM International; the International Institute for Fiber-reinforced Polymers in Construction; the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure; the American Society of Civil Engineers; and the ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute, and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Part I: Overview
1. Materials and Systems Level Overview
2. Environmental Durability of Adhesively Bonded FRP/Steel Joints in Bridge Applications
3. Durability of steel components strengthened with FRP composites
4. Effect of temperature on the bond behavior of CFRP-to-steel interface
Part II: Materials Level Considerations
5. Putty effects on the effectiveness of FRP repair of steel pipeline systems
6. Laser joining of metals with fiber reinforced thermoplastics
7. Use of carbon and basalt FRP for underwater repair of steel structures
Part III: Performance under Fatigue, Cyclic and Impact Regimes
8. Fatigue life of steel components strengthened with FRP composites
9. FRP repair for enhanced fatigue of steel structures
10. Optimization of patches for fatigue repair of steel
11. FRP Strengthening of CHS steel members subject to cyclic loads
12. Strengthening under impact loads
Part IV: Application to Components
13. Enhancing the stability of structural steel components using FRP composites
14. Rehabilitation of cracked aluminum components using FRP composites
15. CFRP-Strengthened Long Steel Columns and Beam-Columns
16. FRP strengthening of corroded steel plates
Part V: Application to Infrastructure Systems
17. Assessment and rehabilitation of steel railway bridges using FRP composites
18. Strengthening of historic metallic structures using FRP composites
19. FRP repair of cracked metallic pipelines
20. FRP rehabilitation of steel bridge decks
21. Analysis of reliability of corroded pipe repaired by FRP