Alternative materials for FDOT sign structures : phase I [summary].

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• Creators:
  Jackson, N. Mike
• Corporate Creators:
  University of North Florida
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Signs
  • Traffic control devices
  • Traffic signs
  • Sign supports
  • Vertical supports
  • Corrosion
  • Fiber reinforced polymers
  • Fiber reinforced materials
  • Trusses
  • Cantilevers
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDK82 977-06
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Edition:
  Summary.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Inspections of tubular sign structures by the ; Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) have ; revealed premature corrosion inside galvanized ; steel tubes. Costs of installing and maintaining ; these structures, interference with traffic from ; these procedures, and delays for drivers have ; moved FDOT engineers to seek alternative ; materials, principally in the horizontal trusses. A ; possibility is fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), which ; has been applied in other areas of transportation ; and could be useful in sign structures. To begin ; investigating this option, FDOT commissioned a ; literature review from University of North Florida ; researchers to address the uses of FRP, its material ; properties, and its economics.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24335/dot_24335_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 364.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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