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 …
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 …
The application of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites (PGFRPC) as a replacement material for conventional wooden cross-arm in high transmission towers is …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The utilization of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites (PGFRPC) to replace traditional wooden cross-arms in high transmission towers is a relatively recent …