Abstract: A bi-material or bi-layer system is a common configuration in structural applications, and it is usually manufactured by monolithically forming the two parts together. Interlaminar delamination ...

Abstract: To overcome some inferior physical and mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), an enhancing technique is presented in this paper to improve the performance of RAC by adding a promising chemical admixture, ...

Abstract: An explicit elastic stability analysis for local buckling of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) structural shapes is presented. Flange of pultruded FRP wide-flange sections is modeled as a discrete panel with elastic restraint ...

Abstract: In this paper, a conventional test method using a notched three-point bending beam (3PBB) specimen is adapted to characterize Mode I fracture of composite-concrete bonded interfaces, and the interface fracture energy is ...

Abstract: In this paper, a combined analytical and experimental study of dynamic characteristics of honeycomb composite sandwich structures in bridge systems is presented, and a relatively simple and reliable dynamic experimental ...

Abstract: Lightweight and heavy-duty fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite honeycomb sandwich structures have been increasingly used in civil infrastructure. Unique cellular core configurations, such as sinusoidal core, have been ...

Abstract: Both the crushing and indentation behaviors of sandwich materials are important aspects in failure analysis and energy absorption. In this paper, the core crushing strength of honeycomb materials from the experiment is ...

Abstract: The mechanisms of deformation and failure in face-centered cubic (FCC) nickel nanowires subjected to uniaxial tensile loading are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and the size effect on mechanical ...

Abstract: The effect of hybrid fiber reinforcement on fracture energy and crack propagation in cement matrix composites is examined. The crack in cement matrix composites is allowed to fracture under mode-I loading with three-point ...

Abstract: An analytical study of local buckling of rectangular composite plates rotationally restrained elastically along unloaded edges and subjected to nonuniform in-plane axial action at simply supported loaded edges is presented. ...