Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the significant developments that have taken place over the last decade, concerning advanced polymer composites in the civil engineering construction. It also discusses the techniques utilized in construction in order to manufacture advanced composites and to combine these composites with concrete and steel and gives illustrative examples of structures and bridge construction that are built from various all-composite fabrication systems. The technological revolution in materials and processing in all other sectors of the manufacturing industry has largely by-passed the construction industry. Few natural materials consist of one substance only, most are a mixture of different components which, when combined together, produce composites, which are more able to perform its function than a single substance. The matrix plays several important roles in the overall composite characteristics. It bonds the reinforcement together in the correct design configuration; it protects the reinforcement against abrasion or environmental corrosion. Understanding of the significance, interest, and use of polymers and composites in construction will be more readily appreciated by exploring the evolution of engineering materials.
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