Experimental Verification and Design of Glass-FRP Composite Grids

Abstract:

Based on the research and design activities conducted at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic this paper deals with the basic information on problems of the design and actual behaviour of selected FRP structural components for civil engineering. In particular, the recorded experimental studies are focused mainly on the design assessment of glass-fibre grid flooring components. The design criteria for structural FRP parts of load-carrying systems should verify especially the final displacements. Thus, in general, the ultimate limit state of structural system is not only the problem of ultimate strength but namely the problem of accordant final displacements. The analysis of test results gives data for verification of numerical modelling and of conventional design criteria. Considering the specific character of structural all-FRP systems, for the structural design the recognition of the deflection advancement can be decisive.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 664)
• Pages: 696-701
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.664.696
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Jindrich Melcher, Marcela Karmazínová
• Keywords: Actual Behaviour, Experimental Verification, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP), Glass-FRP Composite, Inverse Design Method, Limit States, Ultimate Strength, Walk-Able Grid

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