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Health monitoring of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites in γ-radiation environment using embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors

  • Jing Zhong;Feida Chen;Yuehao Rui;Yong Li;Xiaobin Tang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.8
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    • pp.3039-3045
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    • 2023
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are considered suitable candidates for structural materials of spacecrafts due to their excellent properties of high strength, light weight, and corrosion resistance. An online health monitoring method for FRP composites must be applied to space structures. However, the application of existing health monitoring methods to space structures is limited due to the harsh space environment. Here, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites embedded with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were prepared to explore the feasibility of strain monitoring using embedded FBG sensors in γ-radiation environment. The analysis of the influence of radiation on the strain monitoring demonstrated that the embedded FBG can be successfully applied to the health monitoring of FRP composites in radiation environment.

Structural Behavior of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Pipes (유리섬유 강화플라스틱 복합관의 구조적 특성)

  • 연규석;김남길;조규우;김동준;최종윤;백종만
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.822-827
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    • 2003
  • This study was performed to evaluate the internal and external factors affecting external strength of the 3-layer polymer composite pipes made of polymer mortar and fiber-glass reinforced plastic. Twenty four sandwich type 3-layer polymer composite pipes were made of polymer mortar and fiber-glass reinforced plastic by centrifugal method. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects the of polymer mortar thickness for and core fiber-glass contents per unit area on external strength of 3-layer polymer composite pipes. For the more economical and practical design of 3-layer polymer composite pipe, further study should be done for the various polymer mortar, fiber-glass and different ratio of the inside/outside FRP thickness.

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Flexural and Interfacial Bond Properties of Hybrid Steel/Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Panel Gate with Steel Gate Surface Deformation for Improved Movable Weir (개량형 가동보에 적용하기 위한 하이브리드 강판/GFRP 패널 게이트의 강판게이트 표면형상에 따른 휨 및 계면 부착 특성 평가)

  • Kim, Ki Won;Kwon, Hyung Joong;Kim, Phil Sik;Park, Chan Gi
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to improved the durability of a improved movable weir by replacing the improved movable weir's metal gate with a hybrid steel/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites panel gate. Because the metal gate of a improved movable weir is always in contact with water, its service life is shortened by corrosion. This study made four type of hybrid steel/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites panel gate with different steel gate surface deformation (control, sand blast, scratch and hole), flexural. Fracture properties tests were performed depending on the steel gate surface deformation. According to the test results, the flexural behavior, flexural strength and fracture properties of hybrid steel/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites panel gate was affected by the steel panel gate surface deformation. Also, the sand blast type hybrid steel/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites panel gate shows vastly superior flexural and fracture performance compared to other types.

Surface Modified Glass-Fiber Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Glass-Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

  • Park, Sanghoo;Kim, Su-Jong;Shin, Eun Seob;Lee, Seung Jun;Kang, Beom Mo;Park, Kyu-Hwan;Hong, Seheum;Hwang, Seok-Ho
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.182-187
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    • 2019
  • To improve the mechanical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites through interfacial adhesion control between the PP matrix and glass fiber, the surface of the glass fiber was modified with PP-graft-maleic anhydride (MAPP). Surface modification of the glass fiber was carried out through the well-known hydrolysis-condensation reaction using 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane, and then subsequently treated with MAPP to produce the desired MAPP-anchored glass fiber (MAPP-a-GF). The glass-fiber-reinforced PP composites were prepared by typical melt-mixing technique. The effect of chemical modification of the glass fiber surface on the mechanical properties of composites was investigated. The resulting mechanical and morphological properties showed improved interfacial adhesion between the MAPP-a-GF and PP matrix in the composites.

The Properties of Durability and Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Modified Mortars Using Eco-Friendly UM Resin (친환경 UM수지를 사용한 섬유보강 폴리머 시멘트 모르타르의 내구성 및 강도 특성)

  • Kwon, Min-Ho;Seo, Hyun-Su;Lim, Jeong-Hee;Kim, Jin-Sup
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.313-320
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    • 2013
  • In this study, performance of fiber-reinforced polymer-modified mortar was studied for the development of eco-friendly materials for high performance repair and reinforcement. The general cement mortar and eco-friendly UM resin was mixed with a certain percentage for increased durability. To increase the strength of the polymer-modified mortar, PVA fiber, steel fiber and hybrid fiber were added at a constant rate. Hybrid fiber is contains the same percentage of PVA fiber and steel fiber. In order to determine the strength properties of fiber-reinforced polymer-modified mortar, the compressive strength test, the splitting tensile strength test and the flexural strength test were performed. And, in order to determine the durability properties of fiber-reinforced polymer-modified mortar, water absorption test and chemical resistance test were performed. From the experimental results, polymer-modified mortar using UM resin was improved durability. And the tensile strength and flexural strength increased, which were the vulnerability of fiber reinforced polymer-modified mortar. From this study, fiber-reinforced polymer-modified mortar using eco-friendly UM resin can be used to repair and reinforcement for the external exposure of concrete structures to improve the durability.

Shear strengthening of RC beams with Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) composites

  • Kar, S.;Biswal, K.C.
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 2020
  • Basalt fiber is an eco-friendly fiber and comparatively newer to the world of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. A limited number of studies have been reported in the literature on the strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) beams with basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP). The present experimental work explores the feasibility of using the BFRP strips for shear strengthening of the RC beams. The strengthening schemes include full wrap and U-wrap. A simple mechanical anchorage scheme has been introduced to prevent the debonding of U-wrap as well as to utilize the full capacity of the BFRP composite. The effect of varying shear span-to-effective depth (a/d) ratio on the behavior of shear deficient RC beams strengthened with BFRP strips under different schemes is examined. The RC beams were tested under a four-point loading system. The study finds that the beams strengthened with and without BFRP strips fails in shear for a/d ratio 2.5 and the enhancement of the shear capacity of strengthened beams ranges from 5% to 20%. However, the strengthened beams fail in flexure, and the control beam fails in shear for a higher a/d ratio, i.e., 3.5. The experimental results of the present study have been compared with the analytical study and found that the latter gives conservative results.

Deflection Prediction of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Fiber Reinforced Polymer(FRP) Bars (FRP 보강근을 사용한 콘크리트 보의 처짐예측)

  • Kim, Chae-Saeng;Seo, Dae-Won;Han, Beom-Seok;Ahn, Jong-Mun;Shin, Sung-Woo;Park, Young-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.114-117
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    • 2006
  • Concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars exhibit large deflection and crack width as compared to concrete beams reinforced steel due to modulus of elasticity of FRP bars. Current design code for prediction and crack width developed in concrete structures reinforced with steel bars may not be used for concrete beams reinforced with FRP bars. Thus a number of researcher have attempted to propose modifications to the ACI 318 empirical equation for estimating the effective moment of inertia of reinforced concrete beams. Others used numerical method to calculate the deflection. The purpose of this paper is to evaluation of methods of ACI 440.1 R-01, ISIS Canada design manual, and others for predicting deflection for glass fiber reinforced polymer reinforced concrete beams.

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The Material Characteristics of Steel Fiber Reinforced Polymer Concrete (강섬유 보강 폴리머 콘크리트의 재료적 특성)

  • 김기락
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 1999
  • The objective of this study were to investigate the properties and to improve the disadvantages of the polymer concrete such as brittle fracture, large hardening shrinkage . In this paper, steel fiber reinforced polymer concrete is prepared with various steel fiber aspect ratios(ι/d), contents(vol.%), and their material characteristics were investigated experimentally . The aspect ration (ι/d) of the steel fiber was reversly proportional to slump value, and slump value tended to decrease as increase of steel fiber content . And harding shrinkage and impact resistance tended to be improved as the steel fiber content and aspect ration were increased.

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Study on the Strength Characteristics and Flexural Toughness of Steel Fiber Reinforced Polymer Concrete (강섬유 보강 폴리머 콘크리트의 강도특성 및 휨인성에 관한 연구)

  • 김기락;연규석;이윤수
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 1999
  • The use of steel fiber reinforced to improve the strength and flexural toughness of concrete is well known, but reinforcement of polymer concrete with steel fibers has been hardly reported till now. Polymer concrete has high strength, durability and freeze-thaw resistance than that of cement concrete, but it has disadvantage such as low flexural toughness. In this paper, the strength characteristics and flexural toughness of steel fiber reinforced polymer concrete are investigated experimentally with various steel fiber aspect ratios($\ell$/d), and contents(vol.%). As the result, the flexural and splitting tensile strengths and flexural toughness were increased aspect ratio, and reach the maximums at a aspect ratio of 50. The relationship between the compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strength were high. And the relationship between flexural strength and strain energy was approximately linear.