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Mohamed Younus Meeran Mydeen, Murugan Madasamy and Bright Singh Seeni
The sudden occurrence of an earthquake induces a liquefaction effect on foundation soil, which causes a substantial increase in the uplift pressure acting on piles and causes structural damage to superstructures. This forms the basis of the necessity of ...
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Dario De Fazio, Luca Boccarusso, Antonio Formisano, Antonio Viscusi and Massimo Durante
Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) materials are attracting growing interest because of their high specific mechanical properties. These characteristics, in addition to a high level of tailorability and design of freedom, make them attractive for marine, aer...
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Rajeev Devaraj, Ayodele Olofinjana and Christophe Gerber
It is becoming accepted that glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) is a credible and effective replacement for steel in reinforced concrete (RC) to meet structural requirements whilst addressing durability concerns posed by steel over the long term. A be...
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Michael John Lowde, Henry George Arthur Peters, Ruadan Geraghty, Jasper Graham-Jones, Richard Pemberton and John Summerscales
Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) matrix composites are widely used in large marine structures, and in wind turbines where blade lengths are now over 100 m. Composites are the material of choice for small vessels due to ease of manufacture, high hull girder...
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Florence More Dattu Shanker More and Senthil Selvan Subramanian
Numerous studies have been conducted recently on fibre reinforced concrete (FRC), a material that is frequently utilized in the building sector. The utilization of FRC has grown in relevance recently due to its enhanced mechanical qualities over normal c...
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Muhammad Ayaz Ahmad, Hamza Rafiq, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Sabih Ahmad Khan, Syed Tauqeer ul Islam Rizvi and Taimur Ali Shams
The design and development of high-strength and low-weight composite landing gear struts is still a challenge in today?s world. In this study, a selection methodology for fiber-reinforced composite material for retractable main landing gear struts for sp...
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Mourad Khelifa, Amar Khennane and Marc Oudjene
The rehabilitation of steel structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP?s) may appear less effective because they can be bolted or welded with steel plates that display the same mechanical properties. However, this technique has some unwanted conseque...
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Kaixin Liu, Stefano Perilli, Arsenii O. Chulkov, Yuan Yao, Mohammed Omar, Vladimir Vavilov, Yi Liu and Stefano Sfarra
Natural fibres present ozone-friendly solutions in the field of construction. The attenuation of the sound and heat losses is an important feature in such type of materials above all, when used in non-woven fabrics and fibre-reinforced composites. Hemp f...
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Katarzyna M. Mroczkowska, Paulina Dzienny, Aleksander Budnicki and Arkadiusz J. Antonczak
This article is aimed to study the effect of laser treatment of AISI 304 stainless steel on the corrosion resistance and chemical composition of the surface layer. The samples were irradiated using two quite different laser sources: IPG Yb:glass fibre la...
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R. K. Singh Raman, Faye Guo, Saad Al-Saadi, Xiao-Ling Zhao and Rhys Jones
Common concretes use considerable amounts of fresh water and river sand, and their excessive use is already seriously implicating the environment. In this respect, seawater and sea sand concrete (SWSSC) is a very attractive alternative, since it addresse...
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