Influence of Initial Imperfections on Buckling of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Plates Produced by Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

A. Kaskovitš Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Contributors

Marko Pavlovic (mentor)
Liesbeth Tromp (graduation committee member)
Milan Veljkovic (graduation committee member)
F.P. van der Meer (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Civil Engineering & Geosciences
Copyright: © 2018 Anna Kaskovitš
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Published Date

28-08-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Abstract

The increasing use of Fibre Reinforced Polymers produced by Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding in civil infrastructure applications leads to the need for an appropriate research data. The VARTM produced structural elements are not limited in dimensions and material properties and typically are slender structures parts of which are susceptible to plate buckling. The latest standards - CUR96 Vezelversterkte kunststoffen in bouwkundige en civieltechnische draagconstructies and JRC Prospect for New Guidance in the Design of FRP – are for a large part based on the research data of pultruded profiles and in terms of design for buckling, focus on the flange / web interaction. The goal of this thesis is to investigate the effect of initial out of plane deformations on buckling of FRP plates produced by VARTM.

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