Abstract: This paper proposes, for the first time, a design methodology against the web-crippling failure of pultruded glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) I-section beams, based on the direct strength method (DSM). This study took ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study about the transverse tensile fracture properties of several off-the-shelf pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) materials, with different fiber layups and geometries and ...