Pultruded materials and structures: A review

A Vedernikov, A Safonov, F Tucci… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Currently, the application of pultruded profiles is increasing owing to their advantages, such
as light weight, high strength, improved durability, corrosion resistance, ease of …

State-of-the-art review on FRP sandwich systems for lightweight civil infrastructure

A Manalo, T Aravinthan, A Fam… - journal of Composites …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich systems as primary load-bearing elements are
relatively new concepts in lightweight civil infrastructure. These systems offer a combination …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of sandwich panels with various polyurethane foam-cores and ribs

H Tuwair, M Hopkins, J Volz, MA ElGawady… - Composites Part B …, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate three potential core alternatives for glass fiber
reinforced polymer (GFRP) foam-core sandwich panels. The proposed system could reduce …

The quasi-static behavior of hybrid corrugated composite/balsa core sandwich structures in four-point bending: Experimental study and numerical simulation

S Sayahlatifi, GH Rahimi, A Bokaei - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effect of the insertion of a corrugated composite into the
typical balsa core sandwich structure under four-point bending (FPB). The proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Low velocity bending impact behavior of foam core sandwich beams: Experimental

U Caliskan, MK Apalak - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This experimental study addresses the low velocity impact bending response of sandwich
beams with expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam core reinforced by aluminum face-sheets …

High-performance multifunctional energy storage-corrugated lattice core sandwich structure via continuous carbon fiber (CCF)/polyamide 6 (PA6) 3D printing

HJ Um, NH Jeon, JH Shin, HS Kim - Advanced Composites and Hybrid …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, an energy storage multifunctional sandwich structure (ESMS) was designed to
perform well-balanced and excellent multifunctional performance. The corrugated core …

Mechanical behavior and damage monitoring of pultruded wood-cored GFRP sandwich components

L Zhang, W Liu, L Wang, Z Ling - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents the efficient manufacturing of rectangular wood-cored GFRP sandwich
components by pultrusion process. Unlike the traditional pultruded sections by use of the …

Fatigue behaviour of composite sandwich beams strengthened with GFRP stiffeners

L Wang, YW Zhang, JCM Ho, MH Lai - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the fatigue behaviour of composite sandwich beams, which
consisted of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) skins and a foam core, strengthened with …

[HTML][HTML] Flexural creep response of honeycomb sandwich pultruded GFRP composite cross-arm: Obtaining full-scale viscoelastic moduli and creep coefficients

MR Ishak, N Yidris, MYM Zuhri - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites (PGFRPC) as a
replacement material for conventional wooden cross-arm in high transmission towers is …

An improved method of eddy current pulsed thermography to detect subsurface defects in glass fiber reinforced polymer composites

C Xu, W Zhang, C Wu, J Xie, X Yin, G Chen - Composite Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to its induction heating mechanisms, eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is
always used as Non-destructive testing (NDT) technique only for conductive materials. This …