Experimental and Computational validation of the Power law model for characterizing the long term (creep) performance of a prestressed fiber reinforced composite/wood system

The proposed research builds on our previous work, for which an internship was awarded. The objectives of this main phase of our investigation conists of several numerical and experimental tasks with the main aim of establishing long-term performance of pre-stressed fiber-reinforced system (Tenlam), and the glulam beams reinforced with the system. Moreover, the aim is also to improve the performance of suck reinforced beams by establishing the most optimum combination of fibers and adhesive. We hope to numerically estalish the most optimum combination of aramid and glass fibers to generate the most cost-effective and creeep resilient pre-stressed reinforcement for the Tenlam. We also strive to establish a design curve for the most optimum number of layers of reinforcement as function of beam span length to limit the reinforcement stress to 40% of the ultimate strength of fiber strength. Additionally, we will fabricate actual Tenlam laoratory scale articles with various pre-stressing…

Faculty Supervisor:

Farid Taheri

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Partner:

S&P Durable Enterprises Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

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University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate