Fatigue life improvement of steel structures using self-prestressing CFRP/SMA hybrid composite patches
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DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.072
Abstract: Abstract While prestressed CFRP patches are considered as attractive alternatives to traditional welding or bolting methods for enhancing the fatigue life of cracked steel structures, they commonly require hydraulic actuators and pumps, and complex setups… read more here.
Keywords: fatigue life; prestressing cfrp; cfrp sma; sma ... See more keywords