
Exploring FRP Technology and Infrastructure Repair with Composite Materials – Ep 101
The Structural Engineering Channel
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How to Repair Structures on Water and Online
The original strength was for seismic retrofit, but then over the years, we have kind of found a lot of additional, useful applications of these materials. So one of them is in the area of repairing structures on their water and that relates to some of the products that I have developed. We can create a shell around the pile that can be sliding up and down until it goes down to the elevation that we want. And at that time, then we fill it with concrete or rebar or grout or whatever you need It's been tested by the Army Corps of Engineers, Caltrans, Texas DOTA for repair of, you know, steel-age piles even.
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