Abstract: The use of bolted sleeve joints has been proposed for assembling pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubular profiles into space lattice shell structures. Such joint configurations may introduce a semi-rigid ...

Abstract: This paper investigates bolted sleeve joints for connecting tubular pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sections in tubular structures such as space frames. In the proposed joint, FRP profile and steel connector are ...

Abstract: Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites with innovative sleeve joints are examined for space frame assembly. The sleeve joint connects one end of a steel tubular connector with a circular solid or hollow GFRP ...