An experimental study of the behavior of connections for pultruded GFRP I-beams and rectangular tubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-290

  Smith, S J ^a   Parsons, I D ^b   Hjelmstad, K D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PULTRUSION; STIFFNESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PULTRUDED STRUCTURES;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; STRENGTH; TESTING;

EID: 0032128678     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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