Life cycle sustainability assessments of an innovative FRP composite footbridge

Engineering & Materials Science

• Carbon 8%
• Composite materials 42%
• Construction industry 10%
• Costs 8%
• Economics 13%
• Environmental impact 30%
• Fiber reinforced plastics 94%
• Footbridges 100%
• Glass fiber reinforced plastics 14%
• Life cycle 64%
• Rails 9%
• Raw materials 10%
• Steel 12%
• Sustainable development 65%
• Uncertainty 13%

Social Sciences

• assets 15%
• construction industry 21%
• costs 21%
• economics 15%
• Environmental benefits 24%
• environmental impact 52%
• life cycle 74%
• life-span 56%
• raw materials 20%
• savings 56%
• scenario 13%
• sustainability 55%
• uncertainty 28%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• analysis 2%
• carbon 5%
• construction industry 11%
• cost-benefit 10%
• economics 10%
• environmental cost 11%
• environmental impact 21%
• fiber 55%
• glass 7%
• life cycle 60%
• life cycle analysis 11%
• material 11%
• plastic 57%
• raw material 7%
• savings 27%
• steel 13%
• sustainability 55%