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The economic and
environmental costs of maintaining and repairing the nation's bridges due to
the short life cycle of steel and concrete construction materials has become a
financial burden for the United States. There exists a pressing need for new,
advanced materials that will provide extended life and reduce the tremendous
costs of repair and lost productivity due to long installation schedules. This
proposal's goal is to design and produce a new, high-strength composite shape
to be utilized in bridge and building construction. The advancement of phenolic
resin pultrusions in large pultruded structural shapes is an additional
objective. The use of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites in highway and
building construction developed through this ATP program will benefit the
entire nation.
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