Publications by Wendel Michael Sebastian

Mixed mode fracture properties of GFRP-adhesive interfaces based on video gauge and acoustic emission measurements from specimens with adherend fibres normal to the interfaces

Thomas Keller, Wei Sun, Wendel Michael Sebastian

Mixed-mode bending tests were performed on fifty-three GFRP-adhesive-GFRP specimens. In each specimen the pre-crack was located near the GFRP adherend with fibres normal to the GFRP-adhesive interface, so as to encourage crack propagation along this interf ...

Elsevier2017

Influences of polymer concrete surfacing and localised load distribution on behaviour up to failure of an orthotropic FRP bridge deck

Thomas Keller, Wendel Michael Sebastian

This paper presents experimental results which demonstrate the important, but to date little-studied influence of surfacing on the response up to failure of orthotropic GFRP bridge decking local to concentrated loading. Four bonded deck specimens were test ...

Elsevier2013

Ductility of civil engineering structures incorporating fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs)

Thomas Keller, Wendel Michael Sebastian

The special issue of the Construction and Building Materials journal has 14 papers covering a spectrum of studies from leading researchers the world over into the ductility characteristics of structural components or structures incorporating FRPs (fiber re ...

Elsevier2013

Load response due to local and global indeterminacies of FRP-deck bridges

Thomas Keller, Wendel Michael Sebastian

In a cellular FRP deck-on-beam bridge, the deck's load response is influenced by the cellular frame's local indeterminacy and by the global indeterminacy due to multiple beams at each support. Thus, the stiffness distributions for both levels of indetermin ...

2012

Polymer concrete-GRP plate hybrid joints for transverse moment-shear continuity in GRP bridge decks

Thomas Keller, Wendel Michael Sebastian

This paper describes an experimental study of two joint configurations, one with only reinforced polymer concrete (RPC) infill, the other with RPC infill and bonded GRP plates, to overcome shear and moment discontinuities in GRP bridge decks transverse to ...

Elsevier2010