Luxury automotive manufacturer JLR has reengineered the instrument panel crosscar beam in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

A team of researchers from the University of Lisbon has recently published a study in Engineering, presenting a reliability-based code calibration procedure for pultruded glass fibre-reinforced ...

A recent study published in Engineering delves into the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) and Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) under ...

From the pilings to the deck and everything in between, a $6- million, federally funded project will serve as a test bed for a variety of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) and composite technologies ...

Replace deteriorated, short-span wooden bridge with cost-effective, sustainable, low-maintenance solution capable of supporting heavy wheeled and tracked military vehicles. A girder-and-cross-beam ...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — DuPont Performance Polymers has developed a composite technology based on its Zytel nylon 66 material which has passed crash tests performed by French car maker PSA Peugeot ...

Hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer-concrete structures represent an innovative class of composite materials that strategically combine the tensile strength, durability, and corrosion resistance of ...

This study addressed the need to increase the flexural capacity of deteriorated pre-stressed concrete box beams through an experimental campaign involving the design, application, and testing of a ...

One potential cost-effective way to sustain ageing concrete subjected to harsh environmental conditions is to externally coat the material with fiber reinforced polymer composites. But few studies ...

The development work undertaken in Saxony formed part of CRRC’s overall “Next Generation Metro Train” project, which aims to redesign public transport, and underground systems in particular, making it ...