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Rehabilitation Of Structures Below The Earths Surface Using Fibre Reinforced Polymer Shell Augers And Fabrication Of Plastic Compounder, Kumar Venkatesh Karri

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Many ageing highway bridges are in distress, requiring urgent repairs or rehabilitation. About 10% of the total highway bridges require rehabilitation in United States of America (Houlihan, April 2015). Reconstruction of these bridges requires large sums of money and time consuming conventional rehab schemes. Herein, a novel rehab scheme with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites has been evaluated in the laboratory as FRPs exhibit high strength to weight ratio, high stiffness and excellent corrosion resistance. Current methods to repair pile systems are limited by access issues as the piles are extended typically underwater and below the mudline. Traditional methods require …