1st Edition

SPI/CI International Conference and Exposition 1998

By Technomic Copyright 1998

    This book discusses how the excess value, of the products using braid, is captured in prosthetic limbs, aircraft and automotive components, commercial furniture, and trenchless sewer repair structures. It outlines the braided pultrusion process and also discusses impregnation states.

    Monday Morning—January 19 1. Session 1: Braiding and Fabrics: Advanced Reinforcement Architecture Opens New Horizons 2. Session 2: The Evolution of RTM 3. Session 3: Components for Achieving High Performance Composites 4. Session 4: Composite Bridges: A Civil Infrastructure Solution 5. Session 5: SMC/BMC Pushes the Envelope 6. Session 6: Product Development Leading to Infrastructure and Construction Market Opportunities Monday Afternoon— January 19 7. Session 7: Pultruded Composites for the Infrastructure: Actual and Theoretical Applications of Pultruded Composites for Infrastructure Construction 8. Session 8: Composites Recycling: A Cost Effective Solution for a Changing World Tuesday Morning—January 20 9. Session 9: Corrosion-Resistant FRP Applications 10. Session 10: Strategic Influence on the Global Structures of the Composites Industry 11. Session 11: Compliance Strategies for the Next Century 12. Session 12: Advancements and Unique Pultrusion Processing Technologies 13. Session 13: Concrete Repair and Rehabilitation: Composites Increase Service Life of Structures 14. Session 14: Polymers, Developments in Low and No VOC Polymers Tuesday Afternoon—January 20 15. Session 15: Compression Molding 16. Session 16: Concrete Reinforcement: An FRP Solution 17. Session 17: Enhancements in Composites Manufacturing: A Comparative Examination of Processing Technology Wednesday Morning—January 21 18. Session 18: FRP Behavior Under Load: Evaluating Performance in Construction Applications 19. Session 19: Pultrusion Material and Process Optimization Techniques 20. Session 20: Polymer Developments For FRP Composites 21. Session 21: Improving the Surface, Color Appearance and Durability of Composite Products 22. Session 22: Composite-Reinforced Wood in Construction

    Biography

    Technomic (Author) , SPI (Author) , Institution of Civil Engineers (Author)