Publications

A novel method to measure the actual corrosion resistance/rate of steel reinforcement during impressed-current accelerated corrosion test

Compression tests on FRP-confined rubber concrete

Circular hybrid double-skin tubular columns with a stiffener-reinforced steel inner tube and a large-rupture-strain FRP outer tube: Compressive behavior

Effect of carbon dioxide on the high temperature transformation of siderite under low oxygen conditions

Laser polishing of additive manufactured tool steel components using pulsed or continuous-wave lasers

Compressive behavior of frp tubular columns with recycled concrete lumps and flowable grout

Novel multi-dimensional evaluation for rural integrated energy systems based on combined weighting method-cloud model

Experimental study on T-shaped reinforced concrete beams with locally reduced cross-sections

Fast solution of elasto-plastic problems by reduced order finite element method with manifold learning

Study on simplified calculation method for the vibration characters of frame-shear wall structures

Two simplified methods are introduced in the paper, in which periods and mode shapes are obtained through solving the story lateral stiffness of frame-shear wall structures, the method of solving the differential equation and the method of substructure.On the basis of assumption for structure, the assembling strategy of mass matrix and stiffness matrix are discussed specially.The periods and mode shapes can be acquired through both methods and the results are compared and analyzed with PKPM and ANSYS.The computation programs are very convenient and can gain the periods and mode shapes quickly.The methods will create some degree of errors, but it is in the scope of acceptance.They are of great reference to structural designers and scientific researchers.

Novel FRP-RC beams with ductile FRP-UHPC hybrid rebars in the compression zone: Flexural behaviour

Palladium-catalyzed, ligand-free S N 2’ substitution reactions of organoaluminum with propargyl acetates for the synthesis of multi-substituted allenes

Advances in Adhesive Joining of Carbon Fibre/Polymer Composites to Steel Members for Repair and Rehabilitation of Bridge Structures

Generally, it is relatively easy to obtain a high joint strength with most modern bonding systems if these are cured under ideal factory conditions. However, civil engineering construction joints are cured on site and are required to last the lifetime of the structural member in harsh environmental conditions. This implies that site joints might not be constructed and cured as well as those fabricated in the factory. The paper compares two possible methods for bonding an FRP composite patch/plate to a steel adherend suitable for construction sites. The first method utilises the accepted technique of bonding two dissimilar materials using a two-part cold cure adhesive. The second method employs a pre-impregnated FRP composite plate in conjunction with a compatible film adhesive; these comparisons are undertaken by examining the results of double-strap butt joint tests. A possible site technique using the pre-impregnated FRP composite to upgrade a steel beam whilst it is under a low frequency vibration load is investigated; this represents the repair of a steel bridge constantly under traversing traffic. The butt joint test results show that on average, the pre-impregnated composite in conjunction with the film adhesive leads to a failure load which is 15% higher than that of the cold setting adhesive technique. The results of the rehabilitated beam tests show that the bonded joint between the pre-impregnated CFRP composite and the steel adherend did not suffer any significant damage from the low frequency vibrations imposed upon the steel beam during the cure period.

Shear strengthening of RC beams with NSM FRP. II: Assessment of strength models

The application of near-surface mounted (NSM) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) for shear strengthening of RC beams has attracted abundant research in the past few decades, and a number of strength models for predicting the contribution of NSM FRPs to the shear capacity of strengthened beam have been proposed. In the first of these two companion papers, a total of 12 strength models of NSM FRP shear strengthened RC beams collected from the existing literature have been comprehensively reviewed, while the present paper aims to provide an objective assessment of these models. To this end, the experimental results of 196 RC beams strengthened in shear with NSM FRP bars/strips are collected from the existing literature, as the database for the assessment. The comparisons between the experimental results and predictions by these strength models reveal that the existing strength models all fail to give accurate predictions. The reasons for the inaccurate predictions of these models are also analyzed.

Experimental study on the mixed mode debonding by using a modified CFRP-to-steel double strap joint

Geometry and flow field optimization design of solid oxide fuel cell stack for temperature and flow rate uniformity improvement

Compressive behaviour of slender FRP-confined concrete-encased cross-shaped steel columns

Loading identical contents of sodium and quartz into different ash-removed coals to elaborately investigate the real effects of coal particle combustion on the emission behavior of PM10