Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRPs) are commonly used for structural applications due to their high specific mechanical properties. CFRPs can also be functionalized exploiting a combination of several materials that introduce multifunctional features the global performance structure and widen range operations. This work investigates use Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) Film as coating on CFRP ...

Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) laminate structures manufactured using prepregs usually contain fiber discontinuities that result from the prepreg cutting for design and cost-efficiency. In this study, sampling moiré method was used to measure microscopic strain of unidirectional CFRP laminates with investigate deformation behavior causes damage. addition distributions before after crac...

Abstract Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates are often used in a quasi-isotropic manner, such as cross-ply lamination; thus, the mechanical properties of CFRP cannot be fully exploited. In this study, we proposed carbon design method, which uses orientation and thickness lamination parameters, where is determined using principal stress direction by iterative calculations maximum th...

Carbon-fiber-reinforced epoxy-matrix composite (CFRP) laminates with thin plies have strong damage-resistance properties compared standard prepregs. The static and fatigue tensile fracture behavior of cross-ply CFRP should be further studied to establish the applicability thin-ply prepregs for industrial structures. In this study, cross-ply, high-strength polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon-fi...

Results are presented from a comprehensive experimental study to assess the occurrence of heat-induced longitudinal splitting cracks in concrete specimens reinforced with carbon fiber–reinforced polymer (CFRP) or steel when exposed severe heating one side, as would likely occur during fire building. Tests were performed on large- and medium-scale precast CFRP-reinforced prestressed specimens. L...