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I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n
Structural and Civil Engineering
Research
JET 2018
ISSN: 2319-9873
O c t o b e r 0 1 - 0 2 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
Civil Engineering 2018
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Fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) composites are increasingly employed
worldwide for the rehabilitation of buildings or infrastructure systems, since
they demonstrated to be effective in overcoming some of the well-known
drawbacks experienced with traditional interventions and/or usual materials (such
as concrete and steel), due to their low weights along with high specific strength
and stiffness, resistance against corrosion, ease of installation and reduced
manufacture time. These FRP systems substantially differ from those employed
from long times in the more demanding aeronautical/aerospace or automotive
industries, fromthe ingredientmaterials to themanufacture/applicationprocesses,
from the final properties to the performance. In addition, the knowledge of long
termperformance and durability of FRP systems employed in such applications, in
terms of their degradation/aging causes andmechanisms taking place in common
as well as in harsh environmental conditions is still a critical issue for a safe and
advantageous implementation of such advanced materials. This uncertainness,
on the other hand hampers the enormous potential of composites in rehabilitation
of constructions, since the acceptable lifetime of products employed in this field
should be in the order of 100 years. The aim of this work is to critically illustrate
the durability studies carried out on FRP for civil engineering applications based
on current literature, summarizing the main findings and highlighting the issues
that are not yet assessed and addressed.
Durability of concrete structure reinforced
with FRP
Mariaenrica Frigione
Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Italy
Mariaenrica Frigione, JET 2018 Volume: 7
Biography
Mariaenrica Frigione has received her PhD in Polymer Science
andTechnology fromLoughborough University, UK in 1997. She
has joined University of Salento in 1997 as Lecturer and as an
Associate Professor in 2001. She is Vice-Rector of University
of Salento for Technical Scientific Area and Delegate of the
Rector for Internationalization since 2013. She is the Leader
of Materials and Technologies for Constructions and Cultural
Heritage research group, keeping scientific collaborations with
Italian and international universities, research centres and
companies. She is Co-author of three international patents on
organic-inorganic hybrids; the license of two of them was sold
to an Italian Company. She is Author/Co-author of around 100
papers published on International indexed Journals and 12
invited book chapters. She is a Member of the Editorial Board
of ASCE Journal of Composite for Constructions. She is the
Secretary of International Congress of Polymers in Concrete
Association (ICPIC) since 2018 and Board of Directors Member
in the sub-committee International Exchange since 2013.