Pultruded composite structural members with open or closed thin-walled sections are being extensively used as columns for structural applications l1Jhere buckling is the main consideration in the design. In this paper, global buckling is investigated and critical loads are experimentally determined for various fiber reinforced composite I-beams of long column length. Southwell's method is used ...

The theoretical model to compute the long-term stress of simply supported steel-concrete composite beam was deduced. The model includes the effects of steel bars in concrete slab, concrete shrinkage and creep. The computed results agreed well with the test results. On this basis, the effects of factors such as concrete age to loading, longitudinal reinforcement ratio in concrete slab, concrete ...

background. repairing aged composite resin is a challenging process. many surface treatment options have been proposed to this end. this study evaluated the effect of different surface treatments on the shear bond strength (sbs) of nanofilled composite resin repairs. methods. seventy-five cylindrical specimens of a filtek z350xt composite resin were fabricated and stored in 37°c distilled water...

In order to explore the influence of length and width CFRP as well anchor spacing on reinforcement effectiveness plates concrete beams (RC beams) under secondary load, 7 anchored damaged FRP reinforced are used test beams, 1 unanchored beam is a control beam, structural indicators such ultimate load bending strength analyzed in result. The conclusion that composite plate can effectively prevent...

Structural health monitoring is a critical requirement in many composites. Numerous monitoring strategies rely on measurements of temperature or strain (or both), however these are often restricted to point-sensing or to the coverage of small areas. Spatially-continuous data can be obtained with optical fiber sensors. In this work, we report high-resolution distributed Brillouin sensing over st...

This paper discusses a detailed study carried out on vibration characteristics of transversely loaded pultruted composite beams. A considerable discrepancy was noticed in the measured vibration of the transversely loaded beam and the calculated natural frequencies of the beam using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. It has been observed that the natural frequencies of the beam were increased after la...

This interesting study is similar to the study by Bazant and Najjar (1973) [extensively reviewed in Section 5.5 of Bazant (1975)], which apparently escaped the attention of the authors. However, the conclusion in which the authors recommend the effective modulus method, is different. It appears unwarranted and conflicts with more extensive evidence. The authors dismiss the age-adjusted effectiv...

This paper presents a mixed finite element model for the nonlinear time-dependant analysis of composite beams with partial shear connection. The key idea is to consider, as a first approach, a viscoelastic/plastic model for the concrete slab in order to simulate the interaction between the time effects of concrete, such as creep and shrinkage, and the concrete cracking. Creep is taken into acco...

Composite RCS building frames integrate reinforced concrete columns with structural steel beams to provide an efficient solution for the design and construction of earthquake-resisting structures. In this paper, an optimization framework is developed for performance-based seismic design of planar RCS moment resisting frames. The objective functions are defined as minimizing the construction cos...