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Hybrid glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic nanocomposites

John Christopher Plummer, Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

The feasibility of integrating thermoplastic isotactic polypropylene/ montmorillonite nanocomposite matrices into conventional fiber-reinforced composites has been investigated. Two basic processing routes were considered: long glass fiber (GF)-reinforced ...

2008

Progressive failure process of adhesively bonded joints composed of pultruded GFRP

Thomas Keller, Ye Zhang

Adhesively bonded joints are being used increasingly in civil engineering structures, especially for joints comprising pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates. The layered material architecture, however, leads to a complex delamination fa ...

2008

Deformation and fracture in isotactic polypropylene glass mat thermoplastic composites modified with montmorillonite clay

John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Satisfactory impregnation of glass fiber mats may be obtained with isotactic polypropylene/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites under conditions comparable with industrial conditions. However, it is demonstrated here that the high melt viscosity of the nan ...

2008

Damage detection via electrical resistance in CFRP composites under cyclic loading

William Curtin

Analytical and numerical electro-mechanical models are developed to predict the electrical resistance change due to fatigue damage in unidirectional fiber reinforced composite materials. Fatigue is attributed to underlying fatigue crack growth of pre-exist ...

2008

New Connection System for Confined Concrete Columns and Beams. I: Experimental Study

Yu Bai

A new connection system for a concrete filled steel tube composite column and reinforced concrete beams is proposed. In this connection, the steel tube is interrupted while the reinforced concrete beams are continuous in the joint zone. Multiple lateral ho ...

2008

Towards Textile-Based Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Nanocomposites: Melt Spun Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposite Fibers

John Christopher Plummer, Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

The present work is aimed at assessing the feasibility of integrating thermoplastic polypropylene nanocomposite matrices into conventional fiber-reinforced composites based on hybrid textiles that incorporate both the matrix and glass-fiber yarns, in order ...

2007

Long-term compression performance of a pultruded GFRP element exposed to concrete pore water solution

Thomas Keller, Florian Riebel

A durability study was performed on a pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) compression element of a hybrid GFRP/steel joint for concrete structures. GFRP elements were immersed in alkaline pore water solutions of different temperatures during 18 ...

2007

Influence of the mould thermal expansion on composite stress build-up during curing

Véronique Michaud, Sébastien Lavanchy

The influence of the mould material on the build-up of internal stresses during autoclave cure of a unidirectional carbon fibre composite material was investigated using embedded optical fibre Bragg gratings. Four flat moulds (i.e. aluminium, steel, carbon ...

2006

Fatigue behavior of adhesively bonded joints composed of pultruded GFRP adherends for civil infrastructure applications

Thomas Keller

This paper presents results from studies on the fatigue behavior of pultruded GFRP laminates, adhesively bonded double lap joints composed of laminates, and full-scale adhesively bonded FRP bridge deck and steel girder connections. The studies show that th ...

2006

Processing of Hybrid Glass-Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Nanocomposites

John Christopher Plummer, Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

The aim of this work is to integrate polypropylene/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposite matrices into conventional fibre-reinforced composites. Two types of composite have been considered: long fibre-reinforced composites from co-woven glass fibre and nanoc ...

2005

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