Principal Investigator: Ng Kee Woei  (Associate Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering Deputy Director, Environmental Chemistry and Materials Centre)
Team: Choong Jun Jie (Research Associate, School of Materials Science and Engineering), Dr Lim Meng Keong  (Research Scientist, Temasek Laboratories) Dr Mustafa (Research Fellow,  School of Materials Science and Engineering )Dr Catarina  (Research Fellow,  School of Materials Science and Engineering ) Tan Shao Jie (Project Officer,  School of Materials Science and Engineering)
Mentor: Dr Loh Wah Sing (Chairman, Technical Committee for Precious Metals Jewellery, Singapore Chemical Industry Council)


A “double sided tape” approach for structural strengthening using FRP

Fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) are widely used to strengthen structural elements such as columns, beams and walls. Besides conventional loading, FRPs are also used to strengthen structures against extreme loadings including blast loadings from explosions. Although effective and simple, the conventional application process of FRPs, however, is tedious, labour intensive and skill sensitive. FasRaP is a pre-fabricated, semi-cured FRP system which can be readily applied on-site without the need for additional mechanical fasteners. Analogous to the ‘double-sided’ tape, the novelty of FasRaP lies in having sticky FRP rolls that can be applied immediately on-site onto the structure to be reinforced. There is no need to apply any resin separately and thus this approach is not dependent on the experience and skill of the workers to achieve consistent finishing. This concept, therefore, promises an easy-to-apply FRP that will revolutionize FRP applications by eliminating the need for equipment and improving productivity.