Flexural and Shear Rigidity of Composite Sheet Piles
Publication: Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 7, Issue 4
Abstract
The flexural and shear rigidity of pultruded composite sheet pile panels consisting of E-glass fiber-reinforced polyester are studied in this paper. The analysis consists of an experimental investigation and an analytical modeling to determine the resistance of the sheet pile panels to the deflections for design of composite sheet pile walls. Timoshenko’s beam theory was used to experimentally determine the flexural rigidity and shear rigidity of the panel. Three- and four-point bending tests were performed on six different span lengths and the results were self-compared from the two independent tests. Analytical expressions for the flexural and shear rigidities were derived to allow the prediction based on the layered structure of pultruded shapes. The values computed from the analytical expressions were examined with the experimental results.
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Journal of Composites for Construction
Volume 7 • Issue 4 • November 2003
Pages: 348 - 355
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 10, 2001
Accepted: Aug 1, 2002
Published online: Oct 15, 2003
Published in print: Nov 2003
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