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Analysis of composite girders with hybrid GFRP hat-shape sections and concrete slab

  • Alizadeh, Elham;Dehestani, Mehdi
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.54 no.6
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    • pp.1135-1152
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    • 2015
  • Most of current bridge decks are made of reinforced concrete and often deteriorate at a relatively rapid rate in operational environments. The quick deterioration of the deck often impacts other critical components of the bridge. Another disadvantage of the concrete deck is its high weight in long-span bridges. Therefore, it is essential to examine new materials and innovative designs using hybrid system consisting conventional materials such as concrete and steel with FRP plates which is also known as composite deck. Since these decks are relatively new, so it would be useful to evaluate their performances in more details. The present study is dedicated to Hat-Shape composite girder with concrete slab. The structural performance of girder was evaluated with nonlinear finite element method by using ABAQUS and numerical results have been compared with experimental results of other researches. After ensuring the validity of numerical modeling of composite deck, parametric studies have been conducted; such as investigating the effects of constituent properties by changing the compressive strength of concrete slab and Elasticity modulus of GFRP materials. The efficacy of the GFRP box girders has been studied by changing GFRP material to steel and aluminum. In addition, the effect of Cross-Sectional Configuration has been evaluated. It was found that the behavior of this type of composite girders can be studied with numerical methods without carrying out costly experiments. The material properties can be modified to improve ultimate load capacity of the composite girder. strength-to-weight ratio of the girder increased by changing the GFRP material to aluminum and ultimate load capacity enhanced by deformation of composite girder cross-section.

Electromagnetic Wave Characteristics of $\textrm{Al}_2\textrm{O}_3$ Woven-Fabric Composites ($\textrm{Al}_2\textrm{O}_3$ Woven-fabric 복합재료의 전자파특성)

  • ;;Kagawa Yutaka
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.139-142
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    • 2002
  • Recently, GFRP is well known as a structural material for the radome of aircraft. In this paper, we have observed the reflectivity of electromagnetic waves on GFRP reinforced with $\textrm{Al}_2\textrm{O}_3$ woven fabric. The result of the experiment has revealed that the reflectivity of $\textrm{Al}_2\textrm{O}_3$/GFRP composites is remarkably reduced compared with that of GFRP. And it also shows that the electromagnetic wave reflections are greatly influenced by the number of $\textrm{Al}_2\textrm{O}_3$ plies in a specific frequency band. These results are expected to be utilized for the technique of manufacturing a low-reflectivity composite structure.

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Development of Lining-Board System Using Light-Weight GFRP Panels for Sewer-Pipe Construction (경량 GFRP 패널을 이용한 하수관거공사용 복공 가시설 시스템의 개발)

  • Park, Sin-Zeon;Hong, Kee-Jeung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2014
  • Recently, sewer-pipe constructions replacing deteriorated pipes are currently underway in the downtown area. To resolve many problems in the conventional method of open-cut construction, lining-board system using light-weight GFRP panels is developed. The pultruded GFRP panels can be successfully used for the developed lining-board system as temporary decks and retaining walls in virtue of light weight, high strength and high durability. In this paper, the structural safety and serviceability of the lining-board system are examined through FE analyses and experiments. Further more, a field application of the lining-board system is presented. The field application shows that quality and environment of construction can be significantly improved.

Member design and strength characteristics of the MMA mortar composites (I) (MMA 모르터 복합체의 강도특성 및 부재설계 (I))

  • Ji, Hyo-Seon;Mamdouh, El-Badry
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2015
  • The repair of manhole raise has been caused much construction times and disruption of traffic flow, serious environmental pollution from crushed construction wastes, and budget waste due to the repeated repair construction works. In order to overcome such problems, we have developed the new manhole repairing composite structures by using a glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) pipe, which can raise manhole to the regular height of the overlayed road pavement with rapid construction and minimum traffic jams. This environmental-friendly technology is method completed by the methyl methacrylate monomer (MMA) double wide flanged GFRP pipe composite structures in order to raise manhole to the regular height. In this paper, two kinds of the compressive strength tests of MMA mortar composites were conducted and evaluated by a general compressive strength test, and compressive strength test after freezing-thawing resistance test. It was found that this MMA mortar composites will be used for the application of the double wide flanged GFRP pipe composite structures.

Application of GFRP Re-bar in Concrete Bridge Deck Construction (교량 바닥판 콘크리트의 시공을 위한 GFRP근의 활용)

  • 김지홍;주형중;김병석;윤순종
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.152-156
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we present the results of an experimental research on the load-deflection characteristics of full-scale concrete bridge decks reinforced with GFRP re-bars. Similar researches have been conducted in many countries to extend the service life of concrete bridge decks, which are under harsh environmental condition. Concrete bridge decks are one of the major concerns for the maintenance of bridges. GFRP re-bar available in the domestic construction market was investigated and the concrete deck reinforced with GFRP re-bars was tested under flexure to investigate the applicability of GFRP re-bar on the bridge deck construction.

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The characteristics of bending collapse of aluminum/GFRP hybrid tube (알루미늄/GFRP 혼성튜브의 굽힘붕괴 특성)

  • 송민철;이정주
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.84-87
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    • 2000
  • Square tubes used for vehicle structure components have an important role on keeping its stiffness and preserving occupant safety in vehicle collision and rollover in which it experience axial collapse, bending collapse or both. Bending collapse, which absorbs kinetic energy of the impact and retains a survival space for the occupant, is a dominant failure mode in oblique collision and rollover. Thus, in this paper, the bending collapse characteristics such as the maximum bending moment and energy absorption capacity of the square tube replaced by light-weight material were evaluated and presented. The bending test of cantilever tubes which were fabricated with aluminum, GFRP and aluminum/ GFRP hybrid by co-curing process was performed. Then the maximum bending moment and the energy absorption capacity from the moment-angle curve were evaluated. Based on the test results, it was found that aluminum/ GFRP hybrid tube can show better specific energy absorption capacity compared to the pure aluminum or GFRP tube and can convert unstable collapse mode which may occur in pure GFRP tube to stable collapse mode like a aluminum tube in which plastic hinge is developed.

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Influence of Uncertainties for Compressive Buckling of Composite Materials and Its Numerical Simulations

  • Ueda, Tetsuhiko;Takase, Shouhei;Ikeda, Tadashige;Iwahori, Yutaka
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.177-190
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    • 2008
  • As the first step in discussing the reliability of composite structures, a fundamental study was performed to obtain the scattering characteristics of glass-fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) and woven carbon fiber reinforced plastics (WCFRP) as well as a reference metal. The Euler buckling load was obtained experimentally for each material. The experiments were conducted for specified rectangular specimens with simply supported edges. A new attachment to realize the simply support boundary conditions for composite materials have been prepared before these experiments. The scattering data in the results for GFRP and WCFRP composites were compared with those of a typical metal of aluminum alloy. The experimental data were also compared with numerical simulations including the uncertainties.

Development of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Plastics Rebar for Concrete Structure by the Braidtrusion Process (브레이드 투루젼법에 의한 콘크리트 구조물용 하이브리드 섬유강화 복합재료 리바 개발)

  • 최명선;한길영;이동기;심재기
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.199-205
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes the design methodology, manufacturing process, rebar tensile and bending properties. Braidtrusion is a direct Composite fabrication technique utilizing an in-line braiding and pultrusion process. The produced Composite rebar exhibits ductile stress-strain behavior similar to that of conventional steel bar. Various rebar diameters ranging from modeling scale(3m) to full-scale prototype of 9.5mm have been produced Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics(GFRP) rebar were successfully fabricated at $\phi$8.5mm and $\phi$9.5mm nominal diameters of soild and hollow type using a braidtrusion process. Tensile and bending specimens were tested and compared with behavior of stress-strain of GFRP rebar and steel bar.

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Strain Analysis in GFRP Cross-Ply Laminates Using TR-EFPI Optical Fiber Sensor (광섬유 TR-EFPI 센서를 이용한 GFRP 직교 적층판의 변형률 해석)

  • 우성충;최낙삼;권일범
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.150-153
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    • 2003
  • Longitudinal strains({$varepsilon}_x$) of the core and skin layers in glass fiber reinforced plastic(GFRP) cross-ply composite laminates have been studied using the embedded optical fiber sensor of totally-reflected extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer(TR-EFPI). Foil-type strain gauges bonded on both the upper and lower surfaces were used for the measurement of the surface strains. Both TR-EFPI sensor and strain gauge bonded on the specimen surface showed excellent agreement within -0.0086 ~ +0.0302% strain. It was shown that values of {$varepsilon}_x$ in the interior of the surface layer and the core layer measured by embedded TR-EFPI sensor was significantly higher than that of the specimen surface measured by strain gauges. The experimental results were ascertained with finite element analysis. Embedded TR-EFPI optical fiber sensor could measure accurately the internal strains which were different from the surface.

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Fatigue Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Panels (유리섬유보강 폴리머 복합패널의 피로특성)

  • Yeon, Kyu-Seok;Kim, Soo-Bo;Ryu, Neung-Hwan
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2004
  • In this study, The fatigue properties of the GFRP composite panels of which core was made of the polymer mortar and both facings were reinforced by the high-tensile GFRP were surveyed. Composite-panel specimens consisted of polymer mortar core and GFRP compressive and tensile sides with various thickness were produced for an experimental study. Flexural fatigue tests were conducted to examine the correlation between the fatigue load and the fatigue life for various thickness of core and facings, and its results are presented. The correlation obtained in this study between the fatigue load and the fatigue life for various thickness arc in good agreement with the modified Miner's law.