| The paper introduces a case study on life cycle cost (LCC) and life cycle assessment (LCA) of environmental aspect of a real FRP bridge. The work was done by a working group in the JSCE Committee during 2004-2005. A FRP footbridge under severe environment with wind-blown chlorides was assessed. Its LCC and LCA were calculated based on the actual data and compared with conventional concrete structure. The results show that FRP structure has an enough competitive LCC because of its high durability. In addition, FRP structure decreases total amount of carbon dioxide emission than conventional concrete structure due to its light weight. |
