Large-scale transportation and storage of wood pellets: Investigation of the change in physical properties

The change in physical properties of wood pellets, with a focus on particle size distributions due to pellet breakage and attrition, was studied in a large-scale (∼450 ton/h) transportation system. Critical locations with a high probability of breakage through the whole transportation system were chosen and sampled to study the effect of...

Coupled hygro-mechanical finite element method on determination of the interlaminar shear modulus of glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates in bridge decks under hygrothermal aging effects

To investigate the mechanical degradation of the shear properties of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates in bridge decks under hygrothermal aging effects, short-beam shear tests were performed following the ASTM test standard (ASTM D790-10A). Based on the coupled hygro-mechanical finite element (FE) analysis method, an inverse...