A finite element model was developed to assess the mechanical behaviour of pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) box sections with embedded steel rods; the performance of these virtual specimens was compared with that of extruded aluminium sections with comparable dimensions. All specimens were tested in transverse loading and in torsion. A parametric study was carried out in order to optimize the stiffness of the GFRP-steel hybrid specimens. It was found that the modes of deformation exhibited by the GFRP-steel hybrid specimens were highly tunable. The hybrid members had sufficient bending stiffness when compared with equivalent extruded aluminium members; however, the technology will likely require further development to ensure adequate shear stiffness.


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    Title :

    Steel Reinforced Pultruded GFRP Vehicle Chassis Structure


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2010



    Publication date :

    2010-04-12




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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