Abstract: Glued-laminated wood beams (glulams) have low allowable shear stresses relative to competitive engineering wood products such as parallel strand lumber and laminated veneer lumber. For heavily loaded applications such as ...

Abstract: Experiments on commercially-produced composite reinforcements have shown that the transverse coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) of these rebar are 3–5 times higher than the CTE of concrete. In this paper, thermoelastic ...

Abstract: The response of a G4(1S) strong post steel w-beam guardrail system to pendulum impacts has been investigated in a series of full-size physical tests and in simulated experiments using the explicit finite-element analysis ...

Abstract: E-glass fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite wind turbine blades are nonbiodegradable, and their end-of-life recycling solutions are limited. Research on reusing and repurposing applications, where minimal amounts of ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the conceptual use of a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) wind turbine blade that is repurposed for a second life as an electrical transmission pole. Thousands of tons of fiber-reinforced polymer composite ...

Abstract: Glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites are the main constituents of wind turbine blades. Due to the large numbers of wind turbine blades deployed around the globe and their limited life span of 20–25 years, ...

Abstract: In a recent research and development project a novel prototype pultruded composite structure was designed, fabricated, and tested. The bargelike, box-girder type structure measured approximately 24-ft long by 15-ft wide ...

Abstract: The objective of this research is to demonstrate that parts of decommissioned wind turbine blades can be repurposed for infrastructure applications for a sustainable future of the wind power industry. The purpose of this ...