The introduction of carbon-fibre reinforced plastics in load bearing automotive structures provides a great potential to reduce vehicle weight and fuel consumption. A reduction in overall manufacturing cost can be realised through part integration and use of cost-effective materials such as heavy tow carbon fibre. There is a current drive within the automotive industry to develop the technologi...

A shear-lag model with a cohesive fibre–matrix interface has been developed for the analysis of stress transfer between the fibre and the matrix in fibre-reinforced composites in this paper. A bilinear cohesive damage evolution law is used to describe the fibre–matrix interface behaviour. The governing equations for the interfacial shear stress and the axial stress in the fibre are derived. Acc...

So far many studies have focused on the mechanical behavior of fibre reinforced soils and stabilized with conventional chemical stabilizers such as cement lime; however, very limited researches were conducted unconfined compressive strength characteristics peat soils. Fibre-reinforcement a soil resulted in significant improvement ductility weak or soft The main objective current study is consid...

This paper presents the predicted regression equation for study parameters of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams strengthened with Hybrid Fibre Polymer (HyFRP) laminate at soffit beam. To effectiveness HyFRP on flexural strengthening a total five were cast and tested.The variable are thickness, elastic modulus tensile strength laminates. Four combinations laminates precisely, 90% Glass fibre + 10% ...

In this paper the effect of hardener on mechanical properties of carbon reinforced phenolic resin composites is investigated. Carbon fibre is one of the most useful reinforcement materials in composites, its major use being the manufacture of components in the aerospace, automotive, and leisure industries. In this study, carbon fibres are hot pressed with phenolic resin with various percentages...

Scatter dark field imaging with an X-ray grating interferometer has been implemented to probe the micro-structure of polymers, fibre-reinforced composites or light metals. The method has now been developed further to enable the characterisation of the fibre laminate structure. Experimental results obtained by scatter dark field computed tomography illustrate how information on the microstructur...

Due to the high cost of laboratory testing, many researchers are considering developing methods predict behavior unreinforced and reinforced wood beams. This work aims create either numerical or analytical models useful for extrapolating already conducted tests other schemes/materials used as reinforcement. In case timber structures, due complexity timber, this task is difficult. The first part...

This paper presents a study that forms part of an ongoing project on the seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete (RC) structures with fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP). In this study, a stress-strain model for FRP-confined concrete subjected to cyclic loading was implemented into OpenSees to support the performance-based design of FRP jackets for the seismic retrofit of RC columns/structures. Init...