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Emerging Technologies for Safer Use of FRP in Reinforced Concrete Structures Dr. Yu-Fei Wu Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering City University of Hong Kong Major Developments in Structural Engineering Usually Accompany the Development of New Materials or Advances in Materials Science Progress in material science advances structural engineering in two ways: 1. Make an existing wild fancy possible/feasible 2. Lead to development of new science/technology Make an existing wild fancy possible/feasible Two examples: 1. Development of presstressed concrete design concept (预应力混凝土结构） 2. The concept of space elevator （太空电梯） Development of presstressed concrete design concept Facts: 1. “The most significant single new concept in the history of structural engineering” 2. Invented by French engineer Eugene Freyssinet at the turn of 20th century. 3. “The world is waking up to his revolution in the art of building” half a century later. 4. Advances in material science (high strength concrete and steel) make it more practical/feasible. Space elevator The concept: 1. key concept proposed in 1895 by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 2. In 1959 another Russian scientist, Yuri N. Artsutanov, suggested a more feasible proposal: centrifugal force balances gravity load. 3. No existing material sufficiently strong and light. 4. Carbon nanotube (炭纳米管) appears strong enough to make it possible in the future. Development of new science/technology • The introduction of steel and cement at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, respectively, formed a solid foundation for modern structural engineering. • The era of extensive resear