Timber gridshells have become a very popular, efficient, sustainable and beautiful structural application of timber. However, given the slender laths involved in this form of construction, there is concern over the durability of timber for this purpose, and Glass FRP (GFRP) laths have been proposed as a possible substitution. This paper considers this possibility. It goes on to look at the poss...

A hot stage attached to the phase shifting digital holographic interferometry (DHI) is used to study the effects of temperature on the optical properties of basalt fibres. The phase shifting Mach-Zehnder interferometer is used to obtain five phase-shifted holograms, in which the phase difference between two successive holograms is π/2. These holograms are numerically reconstructed using the con...

Turbine blades form the main component for energy generation in renewable technologies such as wind and tidal energy. Non-crimp fabric (NCF) based fibre reinforced composite materials, with E-glass carbon fibres have been widely used materials blades. However, sustainable composites using naturally derived basalt, are being developed to reduce environmental impact. Basalt require no chemical ad...

In this paper, the flexural behaviour of M30 grade basalt fibred concrete slabs made with fibre reinforced polymer rebars are studied and compared steel rebars. The optimum percentage is 0.3% for 50mm length fibres. Due to high particle packing density in micro cracks prevented due enhanced fatigue stress dissipation capacity. Addition fibres enhances energy absorbtion capacity or toughness the...

Shear failure of B-C joints is recognized as the primary cause collapse various moment-resisting frame buildings during recent earthquakes. When joint subjected to huge forces severe ground shaking and its behaviour has a very much influencing on structure, sometimes it may Leeds entire structure. To study energy dissipation with different types combinations FRP sheets used retrofit BC in this ...

The drawbacks are that the concrete has been improved by using hybrid fibre in concrete. By hybridization benefits from two different fibres utilized a single mixture. hybrids studied basalt-polypropylene fibre, polypropylene-steel steel-coconut polypropylene-e-waste polypropylene-polyvinyl Alcohol and steel-glass- polypropylene fibre. properties compressive strength, tensile flexural limited c...