FRP and GFRP materials: the new frontiers of structural reinforcement
Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Eng. Alberto De Alfieri of the Olympus-FRP, which will tell us about the innovations of materials and new technologies in the field of structural reinforcement.
What are the new solutions designed for seismic improvement and adaptation? What benefits have they brought compared to the past?
are increasingly spreading in the context of structural consolidation for improvement or Seismic adaptation Techniques based on the use of FRP composite materials.
Compared to traditional materials and techniques, the substantial difference lies in their extreme lightness coupled with very high mechanical performance. This has enormous advantages over the interventions of Structural reinforcement Traditional since, for example, no further loads are added to the consolidated structures, the global behavior of the building is not changed, although it significantly increases both static and seismic performance.
