Flexural and axial behavior of pultruded GFRP hollow sections filled with low strength concrete
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Paper/Presentation Title | Flexural and axial behavior of pultruded GFRP hollow sections filled with low strength concrete |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Muttashar, Majid (Author), Manalo, Allan (Author), Karunasena, Warna (Author) and Lokuge, Weena (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Australasian Composites Conference (CA 2014) |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
Conference/Event | Australasian Composites Conference (CA 2014): Materials for a Lighter and Smarter World |
Event Details | Australasian Composites Conference (CA 2014): Materials for a Lighter and Smarter World Event Date 07 to end of 09 Apr 2014 Event Location Newcastle, Australia |
Abstract | The use of structural pultruded composite sections has gained wide acceptance in civil engineering applications due to its structural characteristics such as high strength, light weight and durability to severe environmental conditions. However, pultruded sections are vulnerable to buckling due to their relatively low modulus of elasticity and thin-walled sections. This paper investigates the potential of using low strength concrete as an infill to pultruded GFRP sections as a means to effectively utilise its high strength. A total of five composite beams with 125×125 mm square section, 6.2 mm wall thickness and 1200 mm span were tested under four point bending load. In addition, five specimens with the same cross section and 600 mm height were tested under compressive load. The effect of concrete infill on the strength, stiffness and failure mode was examined. The study showed that using low strength concrete is a practical and feasible way to enhance the strength and stiffness as it helps to stabilise the wall of the pultruded GFRP beam. In addition, the GFRP wall provides confinement effect to the low strength concrete. The beam filled with concrete has 45% higher stiffness and failed at 150% higher load than that of the hollow section. Similarly, the axial capacity was increased by about 28% compared with the hollow section counterpart. |
Keywords | pultruded composite; geopolymer concrete; flexural test |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400510. Structural engineering |
400505. Construction materials | |
401602. Composite and hybrid materials | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Civil Engineering and Surveying |
Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q26vx/flexural-and-axial-behavior-of-pultruded-gfrp-hollow-sections-filled-with-low-strength-concrete
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