This paper introduces a strengthening technique for steel monopole towers using high-modulus carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials. The technique is based on a theoretical and analytical investigation including testing large scale steel monopole towers strengthened with different CFRP materials and connection details. Based on the research findings, design aspects and installation pr...

Pull-out experiments were performed on three carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ground anchors simulating their applications in different rock types which provided different confinement levels. The CFRP tendons comprised, on the ground side, a prefabricated conical anchor body of high-strength grout in which two CFRP straps were embedded. The anchors reached an average load-bearing capacity...

Research on the use of CFRP materials for retrofit and strengthening of steel bridges and structures has increased in recent years. In order to implement these types of strengthening systems to longer span members, it is important to establish an effective method to splice adjacent lengths of CFRP laminates. This paper describes an experimental program to investigate the bond behavior of carbon...

In conventional manufacturing processes of composites, Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) laminates have been made by stacking unidirectional or woven prepreg sheets. Recently, as a manufacturing process of CFRP, 3D printing of CFRP composites has been developed. The 3D printing process of CFRP composites enables us to fabricate CFRP laminates with arbitrary curvilinear fibre plies. This in...

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) laminates are applied to many aerospace structures. For these laminated CFRP structures, it is quite difficult to detect internal damage such as delamination, matrix cracks, and local fiber breakages. Carbon fibers are adopted as reinforcement in CFRP and it is an excellent electric conductor at the same time. The carbon fiber has been used as a strain sen...