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Flexural rigidity

About: Flexural rigidity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3829 publications have been published within this topic receiving 56780 citations.


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TL;DR: The application of bio-fiber based paper-reinforced polymer (PRP) composites as skin materials for light-weight sandwich panel constructions was explored in this article.
Abstract: The application of biofiber based paper-reinforced polymer (PRP) composites as skin materials for light-weight sandwich panel constructions was explored. Various sandwich panels with PRP composite skins and a commercial resin-impregnated aramid paper honeycomb core of different cell sizes and core heights were fabricated in the laboratory. The effects of honeycomb core height and cell size on the flexural properties of the lab-made sandwich panels were evaluated. The flexural moduli and strengths of the lab-made panels were compared to the reported values for three existing commercial products used for automotive load floor applications. The lab-made PRP composite/honeycomb core sandwich panels had comparable bending rigidity and flexural load bearing capability but lower areal weights when compared to the commercial products suggesting that PRP composites have the potential to be used as an alternative to glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites as skin materials in sandwich panel fabrication.

48 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a partial interaction theory is used to determine the partial-interaction flexural rigidity of a cracked section (EIpi-cr), which allows for slip between the reinforcement and concrete and consequently the bond-slip characteristics.

48 citations

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J. D. Owen1
TL;DR: In this paper, the bending behaviour of square plain-weave fabrics was studied and the effects of cover factor and relaxation in wet finishing and in heat-setting on the bending behavior of these fabrics were examined.
Abstract: The bending behaviour of square plain-weave fabrics spun and woven from nineteen different fibres, each in a range of cover factors, has been studied. It is shown how this behaviour is determined by the mechanical properties of the fibre and the frictional and geometrical restraints within and between yams in the fabric. The effects on these restraints of cover factor and of relaxation in wet finishing and in heat-setting are examined. Factors affecting cloth stiffness are summarized, and it is shown that two quantities, an elastic component and a frictional component, are required to specify the bending behaviour with reasonable completeness.

48 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a single-sided bonded honeycomb plate (SBHP) was used to construct a biomimetic integrated honeycomb, which exhibited superior compressive and flexural properties compared to biomimetically sandwich plates manufactured using Zhang's needle-injection.

47 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of reduced beam section (RBS) connection, called the Accordion Web RBS (AW-RBS), is presented, where the flat web is replaced by corrugated plates (L-shape folded plates, used here) at the expected location of the beam's hinge.

47 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202395
2022201
2021171
2020163
2019178
2018146