Abstract
This chapter looks at strengthening cast and wrought iron structures using fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. These historic metals are still common in railway infrastructure and have metallurgical characteristics that influence any approach to strengthening. The chapter discusses their metallurgy, how it influenced the original structural forms and how it affects FRP strengthening. The chapter shows that examination of the causes of corrosion and then careful surface preparation are key and that manufacturing imperfections and riveted connections drive the method of FRP application.
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