[HTML][HTML] Advances of composite cross arms with incorporation of material core structures: Manufacturability, recent progress and views

AL Amir, MR Ishak, N Yidris, MYM Zuhri… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The existing cross arms in high transmission towers are made of pultruded glass fibre
reinforced polymer composite (PGFRPC). The moisture, temperature change in the …

Fundamentals of creep, testing methods and development of test rig for the full-scale crossarm: A review

MRM Asyraf, MR Ishak, MR Razman… - Jurnal …, 2019 - journals.utm.my
Most of transmission line (TL) towers are designed and fabricated in the form of lattice using
galvanized steel. The crossarm of the TL is made of Neobalanocarpus or Chengal wood …

Optimization of composite material tower for offshore wind turbine structures

K O'Leary, V Pakrashi, D Kelliher - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The focus of this study was to investigate the application of lightweight fiber reinforced
composite materials in the construction of offshore wind turbine support structures. A …

[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 …

Influence characteristics of water penetration on fibre‐reinforced polymer/rigid polyurethane foam interface of the composite cross‐arm considering natural ageing

J Xie, Z Zhou, Z Liu, H Tian, S Zhang, Q Xie - High Voltage, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Fibre‐reinforced polymer (FRP)/rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) interface is
susceptible to moisture intrusion in addition to natural ageing during operation. This study …

Crushing performance of pultruded GFRP angle section with various connections and joints on lattice towers

K Ravikumar, S Palanichamy, CJ Singaram… - Matéria (Rio de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The significant features of the GFRP angle make it one of the modern construction members
for the present lattice-type Transmission Line Towers (TLT) made out of mild steel. The …

Testing and Evaluation of Buckling and Tensile Performance of Glass Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Angle Section with Different Joints/Connections

K Ravikumar, CJ Singaram… - … of Testing and …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The aim of this paper is to investigate the crushing and tensile performance of built-up glass
fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultruded angle sections under compression and tension …

Buckling analysis of pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) angle sections

RS Sirajudeen, R Sekar - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glass fiber reinforced polymers (GFRP), with their advantage of corrosion resistance, have
potential to be used as structural members in civil engineering constructions. Pultruded …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the structural performance of a novel type of pultruded composite cross-arm for power transmission towers

AA Zekavati, MA Jafari, A Saeedi - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present paper, a novel type of composite cross-arm for power transmission lines has
been introduced. The proposed cross-arm consists of composite pultruded tubes and …

[HTML][HTML] Full-scale evaluation of creep coefficients and viscoelastic moduli in honeycomb sandwich pultruded GFRP composite cross-arms: Experimental and …

MR Ishak, N Yidris, MYM Zuhri, MRM Asyraf… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites (PGFRPC) to replace
traditional wooden cross-arms in high transmission towers is a relatively recent …