Tests on pultruded GFRP sub- and full-scale structures

Tests on pultruded GFRP sub- and full-scale structures 

In this sub-section on testing of pultruded GFRP structures and materials, attention is focused on testing of sub-structures and full-scale structures. Two examples of each are presented briefly to give the reader some idea of the range and scope of the tests that have been undertaken. 

34 (a) A simply supported grillage sub-structure with a bolted web cleat joint at the mid-span of the longer beam (b) a similar grillage sub-structure with clamped ends. 

The second sub-structure that has been tested is a tapered, cantilevered, pultruded GFRP, plane truss. The motivation for undertaking the test work was that it could provide potentially useful insights into the possible application of these materials to the space trusses which are used to support the insulators 

Local distortional buckling of pultruded GFRP angle forming the compression chord (b) 

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