APPLICATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO CIVIL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FIELDS—NEW INITIATIVES THROUGH ADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY—

Abstract

 The application of fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) to the civil engineering and building fields remained limited only due to restrictions on material cost and material properties. Recently, application to a largesized and large-loaded member is proceeding with a hybrid structure and a carbon fiber reinforced plastics plastic (CFRP) based on an optimum arrangement of multimaterials. Furthermore, thermoplastic FRP with short production cycle and excellent processability can be reprocessed by heat forming, and by supplying general-purpose structural members by continuous molding technology capable of high speed molding, It is a reality that bending and fusion welding are easy. As a result, it can be expected to greatly improve the cost of construction by applying the new processing method at the on site.