Description

Carboplate is a range of pultruded carbon fibre plates, with high resistance and flexibility, for plating prestressed reinforced concrete and steel and wood structures. Carboplate can replace conventional steel sheets that are used for plating. Carboplate is available in different widths (50, 100 and 150 mm) and with three modules of elasticity (170, 200 and 250 GPa):

Applications

• Repairs and static upgrading on reinforced concrete beams, floor joists and floor slabs to increase the bending moment.
• Flexural strengthening of wooden beams and joists.
• Repair of structures damaged by fire.
• Repair of structures damaged by earthquakes.
• Renovating two-dimensional structures such as plates, sheets and storage tanks with a large bending radius.
• Reinforce viaduct slabs after an increase of static and/or dynamic loads.
• Reinforce industrial and/or commercial structures as a consequence of an increase of static loads brought on by equipment, machinery, etc.
• Reinforce car park decks in residential and industrial buildings.
• Reinforce structures subject to vibration.
• Strengthening load-bearing members in buildings whose structural system has been modified due to new architectural requirements or change in use.

Uses

This system is used for repairing and strengthening reinforced cement elements damaged by physical and mechanical stresses, strengthening concrete and wooden members to withstand flexural loads and for the seismic upgrading of structures in high risk areas.