Carbon fibre strengthening, or CFRP for short, involves using materials developed from natural carbon fibre to reinforce, rehabilitate, and repair buildings, structures, or existing structural elements.
Strengthening materials made from carbon fibre are extremely thin, lightweight, and versatile, which means they can be used to support a wealth of structural strengthening and rehabilitation jobs. Carbon fibre strengthening encompasses many repair and rehabilitation tasks within a structure – including but not limited to:
Carbon fibre strengthening is capable of enhancing the structural capacity of existing structural elements which require additional strengthening, rehabilitation, and repair. The main types of carbon fibre strengthening applications we use include, but are not limited to:
Carbon Fibre Plate Bonding
Bonding involves strategically placing carbon fibre plates (typically of a 2mm-40mm thickness) to reinforce load-bearing structural elements. Flat surfaces such as floors and ceilings will respond best to carbon fibre bonding.
Carbon Fibre Plates
Plates or plate bonding is another common term for carbon fibre bonding. Please review the definition above for further information.
Carbon Fibre Wrapping
Wrapping is the easy choice for columns and involves layering sheets of carbon fibre to increase load-bearing capacity. Flat slabs, beams and walls can also be strengthened by wrapping with carbon fibre.
Fibrewrap Systems are carbon, glass, aramid, and hybrid fabrics combined with epoxy resins, which in combination, create the tested and proven Fibrewrap advanced composite systems for Carbon Fibre Strengthening (FRP).
Fibrewrap systems are specified by structural engineers, design, installed, and quality guaranteed by CCUK.
Fibrewrap systems are primarily used as externally bonded or near-surface mounted additions to existing structural elements. These structural elements include, but are not limited to:
