Potential of flax fiber reinforced biopolymer composites for cross-arm application in transmission tower: a review

MRM Asyraf, MR Ishak, MNF Norrrahim, AL Amir… - Fibers and …, 2022 - Springer
Man-made composites are vastly implemented in various engineering applications,
particularly in cross-arm component of latticed transmission tower. However, their practice in …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual design of creep testing rig for full-scale cross arm using TRIZ-Morphological chart-analytic network process technique

MRM Asyraf, MR Ishak, SM Sapuan, N Yidris - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cross arm is the main component used to lift the electric cable in a transmission tower.
Recently, a synthetic cross arm was proposed to substitute the wooden cross arm due to the …

Flexural creep behaviour of pultruded GFRP composites cross-arm: a comparative study on the effects of stacking sequence

A Alhayek, A Syamsir, ABM Supian, F Usman… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites provide outstanding
properties for composite polymer cross arms in power transmission line applications. This …

Utilization of bracing arms as additional reinforcement in pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite cross-arms: Creep experimental and numerical analyses

MRM Asyraf, MR Ishak, SM Sapuan, N Yidris - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The application of pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites (PGFRPCs) as a
replacement for conventional wooden cross-arms in transmission towers is relatively new …

Potential of honeycomb-filled composite structure in composite cross-arm component: a review on recent progress and its mechanical properties

AL Amir, MR Ishak, N Yidris, MYM Zuhri, MRM Asyraf - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite (PGFRPC) structures have
been used widely for cross-arms in high transmission towers. These composite structures …

Effect of stacking sequence on long-term creep performance of pultruded GFRP composites

MRM Asyraf, A Syamsir, NM Zahari, ABM Supian… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pultruded glass-fibre reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites are classified as lightweight
material, which exhibit high strength-to-weight ratio for structural usage. This composite …

Recent advances of GFRP composite cross arms in energy transmission tower: A short review on design improvements and mechanical properties

A Syamsir, LW Ean, MRM Asyraf, ABM Supian… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites have been
extensively applied as cross-arm structures in latticed transmission towers. These materials …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual design of multi-operation outdoor flexural creep test rig using hybrid concurrent engineering approach

MRM Asyraf, MR Ishak, SM Sapuan, N Yidris - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hybridisation of conceptual design methods is presented in the development of multi-
operations creep flexural test rig. The paper explains the integration of theory of inventive …

The reduction factor of pultrude glass fibre-reinforced polyester composite cross-arm: a comparative study on mathematical modelling for life-span prediction

MS Abu Bakar, A Syamsir, A Alhayek, MRM Asyraf… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of pultruded composite
glass fibre-reinforced polymer (pGFRP) cross-arms subjected to flexural creep behaviour to …