Ultimate strength of a GFRP deck panel for temporary structures

To overcome the steel corrosion and fatigue problems of conventional steel deck panels a reusable glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) deck panel has been developed for temporary structures This paper deals with a series of full-scale tests conducted to experimentally validate the structural performance of the GFRP deck panel The test program consists of a failure test under quasi-static loading and a fatigue test under cyclic loading The results of the tests indicate that the GFRP deck panel satisfies both the strength and service design limits (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved