Tag: frp

Missouri S&T students to compete at international concrete competition

Posted by on April 10, 2015

A student team from Missouri University of Science and Technology has built a concrete beam reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars to compete against colleges and universities from around the world at the American Concrete Institute’s Fiber-Reinforced Polymers Composites Competition.

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UMR bridge project nominated for CIF NOVA award

Posted by on July 27, 2006

The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has selected the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of eight finalists for the forum’s NOVA Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction.

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Rolla’s steel-free bridge shows substantial benefits

Posted by on July 24, 2006

The bridge that crosses Carter Creek on Southview Drive in Rolla is an unassuming structure, but researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been paying close attention to what’s hidden beneath the concrete. And so far, the researchers like what they see.

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UMR bridge project picked as finalist for engineering award

Posted by on April 4, 2006

The Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF) has selected University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of two finalists for the foundation’s 2006 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.

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‘Bridge of the future’ to open in Greene County Feb. 22

Posted by on February 20, 2006

The state’s first bridge constructed of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) will officially open to travelers on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Greene County.

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