Pre-straining as an effective strategy to mitigate ratcheting during fatigue in flax FRP composites for structural applications

Biobased fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, consisting of natural lignocellulosic fibres such as flax or hemp, are great alternatives to synthetic fibres to mitigate the environmental impact of high-performance composites in engineering structures. Natural fibres such as flax have damping and specific mechanical properties suitable to...

Analysis of Single and Group Micropile Behavior: The Bearing Capacity of Single Pile and Pile Groups under Axial Tensile Loading using FEM

This thesis investigates the behavior of single and group micro piles under axial tensile loading. Micro piles are small diameter piles consist of grout and steel rebar and they are capable of absorbing tensile loads. By constructing a group of piles the bearing capacity of each pile within a group is less compared to the single pile. The reason...

Laminated connections under tensile load at different temperatures and strain rates

In the last years, a novel typology of adhesive connections for structural glass application has emerged, known as laminated adhesive connections, which makes use of the transparent ionomer SentryGlas® (SG) from Kuraray and the Transparent Structural Silicon Adhesive (TSSA) from Dow Corning. Despite being used in several projects, limited...

Pieter Schelte Jacket Lift System; Behaviour of Steel Wire Ropes subjected to severely Oscillating Tensile Loads alternating between Taut and Slack