DISCUSSION ON "CANADIAN BRIDGE DESIGN CODE PROVISIONS FOR FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURES" BY BAIDAR BAKHT, GEORGE AL-BAZI, NEMY BANTHIA, MOE CHEUNG, MARIE-ANNE ERKI, MARTIN FAORO, ATSUHIKO MACHIDA, AFTAB A. MUFTI, KENNETH W. NEALE, AND GAMIL TADROS

A discussion of an article with the aforementioned title, by Baidar Bakht, George Al-Bazi, Nemy Banthia, Moe Cheung, Marie-Anne Erki, Martin Faoro, Atsuhiko Machida, Aftab A. Mufti, Kenneth W. Neale, and Gamil Tadros, published in this journal (Vol. 4, No. 1, February 2000) is presented. The discussers would like to have the authors' views on two topics. The first is the statistical treatment of fiber-reinforced plastic structures. The second is the size effect in fiber-reinforced structures. Discussion is followed by closure from the authors.