Abstract: This paper presents a numerical study to show the effects of laminate thickness and tapering on the performance of composite bolted joints made of carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials. Major weight savings can ...

Abstract: Earthquakes cause nonstructural, if not structural, damage to buildings. This damage is proportional to interstory drift (ISD). Concentric braced frames (CBFs) are one of the most effective measures to limit the ISD in ...

Abstract: The vibration characteristics of laminated sandwich plates subjected to in-plane forces is studied taking imperfections at the layer interfaces. The plate problem, which is unattended so far, is ...

Abstract: Concentric braced frames are one of the most effective measures for controlling damages induced by earthquakes in buildings. In compression, conventional concentric hot-rolled steel braces buckle under seismic loading, ...

Abstract: The writers report an efficient technique for the analysis and design of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) web core decks for highway culverts. This technique is based on finite-element modeling and an iterative optimization ...

Abstract: An efficient failure analysis of laminated composite and sandwich cylindrical shell is done for the first time using an efficient

Abstract: Biaxial buckling of the laminated composite rhombic (skew) plate with mass variations in the form of openings and adding extra mass at the center of the plate was studied using improved shear deformation theory (ISDT). The ...