Table of Contents
Manufacturing Techniques and Mechanical Response of
Fiber Reinforced Concrete Materials
Materials-Mechanics-Structures Interaction
Structural-Mechanics-Materials Lab at Arizona
State University
Scope of Presentation
Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Fiber Types
Historical Perspective
Hatscheck Method
Areas of Application of FRC materials
GFRC Panel Details
Other GFRC projects in California
Composites with ductile and brittle matrices
Composite Stress-Strain
Reinforcement Due to Short Fibers
Toughening Due to Long Fibers
Areas of Application for high performance fiber
reinforced concrete
Manufacturing Techniques for FRC Materials
Extrusion set up
Extruded Composites
Pultrusion-Filament Winding
Filament Winding
Computer Controlled Manufacturing- Software
Development
Concrete materials with 50 MPa (7000 psi) Tensile
Strength!
Energy Absorption
Polypropylene Based laminates with Vf =7% result in
8% Elongation!
Lamina stacking optimization for strength and
toughness
Product Design: Water and wastewater pipes
Product Design: Structural Shear walls from composite
laminates
Theoretical modeling for design and analysis of
composite laminates based on solid mechanics
Modeling- Analytical, Fracture Mechanics & FEM
System Development of Residential Steel Roof Trusses
Framing with light gage steel
Optimized Design of Light gage Steel Sections
Objectives
Failure mode 2.5-20GA 48" specimen (Axial
compression)
FE Linearized Buckling Analysis
Design Evolution
Final Design
Test Truss
Structural Mechanics & Integrated Mechanical
Testing Labs
Structural Mechanics & Integrated Mechanical
Testing Labs
Project Interactions