Strengthening Against Bending

For the strengthening against bending FRP Laminates may be assigned to existing members through the Define FRP Laminate module. Users may select the FRP Laminate from a list of the most common products found in the market, or alternatively introduce user-defined values.

The user may also apply the Number of FRP Laminate Layers, the Number of Laminates side-by-side and the Environmental Conversion Factor (or the Environmental conditions resulting into the corresponding environmental Conversion Factor).

When users choose to specify user-defined values, the required information is the type of the FRP Laminate (Carbon, Aramid, Glass, Basalt or Steel fibers), and its laminate or dry properties.

Finally, FRP systems may be proposed to Seismosoft through the “Propose FRP system to Seismosoft” button. Herein, the user is asked to assign the name of the FRP system, the link where information about the product may be found and the technical properties of the FRP sheet.