Print Email Facebook Twitter A bio-based fibre-reinforced plastic pedestrian bridge for Schiphol Title A bio-based fibre-reinforced plastic pedestrian bridge for Schiphol Author Smits, J.E.P. Gkaidatzis, R. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Architectural Engineering +Technology Date 2015-05-13 Abstract The present paper investigates Bio-based fibre-reinforced plastics, used as a load-bearing element of a bridge. We aim to increase the renewable content and decreasing the embodied energy of FRP. To achieve that, the consisting raw materials of these plastics which are based on non-renewable resources, are substituted by alternative less energy intensive materials produced from biological renewable resources. The research focuses on the potentials of natural fibres for a successful substitution of artificial fibres used as reinforcement in load-bearing polymer composites, while bio-based resins and natural core materials are analysed as well. The result of the research is applied on a real case scenario of a lightweight structure, a pedestrian bridge in Schiphol Logistics Park, a logistics zone under development adjacent to Amsterdam’s International Airport. Subject bio-based FRP bridgenatural fibresbio-plasticsbio-resinsload-bearing FRPflaxjutebasaltglass fibre To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1767afb7-d8b6-4900-a21c-596f91f7cf14 Publisher International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering ISBN 978-3-85748-138-3 Source IABSE Conference: Elegance in Structures, Nara, Japan, 13-15 May 2015; Authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 The Author(s) Files PDF 317801.pdf 355.23 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:1767afb7-d8b6-4900-a21c-596f91f7cf14/datastream/OBJ/view