Characterisation of the mechanical properties of pultruded fibre-reinforced polymer tube

Materials and Design

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 305-315

  Guades, Ernesto ^a,b   Aravinthan, Thiru ^a,b   Islam, Md Mainul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Mechanical properties; Pultruded fibre reinforced polymer tube

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FE ANALYSIS; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; MARGIN OF ERROR; MAXIMUM VARIATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84920096879     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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