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Evaluation of Single-Lap and Block Shear Test Methods in Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints

  • Alec Redmann,
  • Vinay Damodaran,
  • Felix Tischer,
  • Pavana Prabhakar and
  • Tim A. Osswald

15 January 2021

Adhesive bonding is increasingly being used for composite structures, especially in aerospace and automotive industries. One common joint configuration used to test adhesive strength is the single-lap shear joint, which has been widely studied and sh...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,736 Views
21 Pages

18 October 2023

Many deformations occur in old RC structures, and the method of reinforcing them using PC members standardized and manufactured in the same mold has difficulty in coping with all deformations (construction error); as a solution to this, overlapping a...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,264 Views
11 Pages

In Situ Computed Tomography—Analysis of a Single-Lap Shear Test with Clinch Points

  • Daniel Köhler,
  • Robert Kupfer,
  • Juliane Troschitz and
  • Maik Gude

9 April 2021

As lightweight design gains more and more attention, time and cost-efficient joining methods such as clinching are becoming more popular. A clinch point’s quality is usually determined by ex situ destructive analyses such as microsectioning. However,...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,098 Views
12 Pages

9 March 2017

In this study, the effect of corrosion on the static behavior of stud shear connectors was investigated. An innovative test setup for single stud shear connectors was designed and established. Two series of specimens having different stud diameters w...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
477 Views
18 Pages

2 December 2025

The high-temperature performance of asphalt mastic is a critical factor influencing the resistance of asphalt mixtures to permanent deformation. Despite the importance of this material phase, no standardized test exists for evaluating asphalt mastic...

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  • Open Access
1,304 Views
17 Pages

22 January 2025

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on a steel-reinforced polyurethane (SRPU) composite system with a mineral interlayer, designed for the protection of existing structures. The composite SRPU was reinforced with unidirec...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,311 Views
15 Pages

22 February 2020

The present work investigates γ-channel dislocation reactions, which govern low-temperature (T = 750 °C) and high-stress (resolved shear stress: 300 MPa) creep of Ni-base single crystal superalloys (SX). It is well known that two dislocatio...

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3 Citations
1,679 Views
14 Pages

Bonded Behavior of Hybrid-Bonded CFRP to Heat-Damaged Concrete Interface

  • Guirong Liu,
  • Yao Wang,
  • Fulai Qu,
  • Xu Guo,
  • Yang Li and
  • Shengzhao Cheng

30 October 2023

The reliable bond of CFRP to heat-damaged concrete is fundamental to ensuring cooperative working when the CFRP is applied for strengthening fire-damaged concrete structures. In this paper, the bond performance of hybrid-bonded (HB) CFRP to a heat-da...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,592 Views
15 Pages

Some Key Aspects in the Mechanics of Stress Transfer Between SRG and Masonry

  • Giulia Baietti,
  • Tommaso D’Antino and
  • Christian Carloni

19 October 2020

The use of composite materials to strengthen masonry structures has become common practice within the civil engineering community. Steel-reinforced grout (SRG), which comprises high-strength steel fibers embedded in a mortar matrix, is part of the fa...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,665 Views
9 Pages

Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs) are expected to be used for the structural parts of automobiles and aircraft due to their mechanical properties, such as high specific stiffness, high specific strength, short molding times and high rec...

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29 Citations
5,288 Views
15 Pages

1 October 2018

The potential of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) in the reinforcement of concrete structures has been shown in many studies and practical applications. However, few works have focused systematically on the development of quantitative criteria to measu...

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6 Citations
2,556 Views
15 Pages

26 October 2021

Use of the end anchorages can significantly control the debonding of CFRP-to-concrete bond interface, and improve the bearing capacity of CFRP strengthened concrete member. An analytical model was presented in this paper to predict the bond behavior...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,399 Views
26 Pages

Numerical Modeling of Single-Lap Shear Bond Tests for Composite-Reinforced Mortar Systems

  • Rossana Dimitri,
  • Martina Rinaldi,
  • Marco Trullo and
  • Francesco Tornabene

14 August 2023

The large demand of reinforcement systems for the rehabilitation of existing concrete and masonry structures, has recently increased the development of innovative methods and advanced systems where the structural mass and weight are reduced, possibly...

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  • Open Access
2,906 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Dry-Film Lubricants on Bond Strength and Corrosion Behaviour of 6xxx Aluminium Alloy Adhesive Joints for the Automotive Industry

  • Ralph Gruber,
  • Tanja Denise Singewald,
  • Thomas Maximilian Bruckner,
  • Laura Hader-Kregl,
  • Martina Hafner and
  • David Stifter

11 October 2023

In the automotive industry, the application of dry lubricants on aluminium is indispensable for achieving a high-quality forming behaviour. To provide a short production time, these forming aids are not removed during the joining step. The aim of thi...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,364 Views
19 Pages

Shear Performance of Epoxy Joints in a Precast Bridge Deck Considering Constraint Effects

  • Jiangtao Zhang,
  • Hongjie Wang,
  • Yanjiang Yu,
  • Kaidi Zheng,
  • Zhixiang Zhou and
  • Jinlong Jiang

7 August 2023

The joint form plays a vital role in the rapid assembly of precast bridge decks for steel–concrete composite bridges. Existing research primarily focuses on studying the shear performance of joints through direct shear tests, which is insuffici...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,930 Views
13 Pages

15 December 2018

Continuous glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene composites produced by using hybrid yarns show reduced fiber-to-matrix adhesion in comparison to their thermosetting counterparts. Their consolidation involves no curing, and the chemical reactions are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,557 Views
21 Pages

A Hybrid SVR-Based Prediction Model for the Interfacial Bond Strength of Externally Bonded FRP Laminates on Grooves with Concrete Prisms

  • Kaffayatullah Khan,
  • Mudassir Iqbal,
  • Rahul Biswas,
  • Muhammad Nasir Amin,
  • Sajid Ali,
  • Jitendra Gudainiyan,
  • Anas Abdulalim Alabdullah and
  • Abdullah Mohammad Abu Arab

29 July 2022

The current work presents a comparative study of hybrid models that use support vector machines (SVMs) and meta-heuristic optimization algorithms (MOAs) to predict the ultimate interfacial bond strength (IBS) capacity of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,510 Views
17 Pages

Application of an Eco-Friendly Adhesive and Electrochemical Nanostructuring for Joining of Aluminum A1050 Plates

  • George C. Papanicolaou,
  • Lykourgos C. Kontaxis,
  • Nikolaos Kouris and
  • Diana V. Portan

18 March 2023

In adhesive joints used in several industrial applications, the adherends’ bonding is made using an adhesive, which is usually an epoxy resin. However, since these adhesives are derived from petroleum fractions, they are harmful to the environm...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,165 Views
26 Pages

Macro–Microscale Research on the Single Shear Characteristics of the Root–Loess Interface in Robinia pseudoacacia

  • Qi Gu,
  • Bo Hong,
  • Qiangbing Huang,
  • Xiaosen Kang,
  • Dengfei Zhang,
  • Xiaopeng Guo,
  • Gang Liu and
  • Tao Xiao

28 March 2025

Rainfall-induced weakening of the root–loess interface’s shear strength is a key factor in slope instability, yet research on its shear characteristics remains limited. This study classifies Robinia pseudoacacia roots into three types (0&...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,803 Views
25 Pages

26 April 2023

By virtue of their wide applications in transportation, healthcare, smart home, and security, development of sensors detecting mechanical stimuli, which are many force types (pressure, shear, bending, tensile, and flexure) is an attractive research d...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
837 Views
20 Pages

29 June 2025

Current research on the stress mechanisms of composite connectors within steel–concrete structures of bridge towers is sparse, and there is a lack of established experimental methods and finite element modeling techniques for studying these mec...

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  • Open Access
658 Views
26 Pages

17 October 2025

Due to the existing shortcomings of small load and few functions in the current bridge bearing testing machine, a compression–shear–torsion multifunctional bridge bearing testing machine with a maximum vertical load of 80 MN is designed....

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,832 Views
13 Pages

The research presented herein investigated the in-plane performance of cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls for platform-type buildings under lateral loading. Finite element models of CLT connections (i.e., brackets, hold-downs and self-tapping s...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,794 Views
12 Pages

13 March 2024

In this study, the traditional mini split Hopkinson tension bar (SHTB) was enhanced for the dynamic mechanical performance testing of single fiber/resin interface of composites. Single Aramid III fibers were modified using a polyamine modification tr...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,497 Views
18 Pages

12 July 2022

A magnesium phosphate cement-based engineered cementitious composite (MPC-ECC) was developed using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers and fly ash. In this study, the bond behavior of MPC-ECC with ordinary concrete was evaluated through single and double...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,475 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of True Bonding Strength for Adhesive Bonded Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

  • Maruri Takamura,
  • Minori Isozaki,
  • Shinichi Takeda,
  • Yutaka Oya and
  • Jun Koyanagi

12 January 2024

Carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs) have attracted attention in aerospace because of their superior specific strength and stiffness. It can be assembled by adhesive bonding; however, the existing evaluation of bonding strength is inadequa...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,730 Views
17 Pages

25 June 2021

Three types of connectors were proposed and tested for a modular double-skinned composite tubular (DSCT) wind turbine tower, which is composed of two concentric steel tubes filled with concrete between them. The three proposed types were a socket typ...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,829 Views
16 Pages

Shear Transfer in Concrete Joints with Non-Metallic Reinforcement

  • Lore Zierul,
  • Enrico Baumgärtel,
  • David Sandmann and
  • Steffen Marx

The use of non-metallic reinforcement can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the construction sector. Mixed structures made out of steel and non-metallic reinforcement should be avoided due to the risk of galvanic corrosion. So far, researc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,262 Views
15 Pages

22 October 2018

The lay-up of cross laminated timber (CLT) leads to significant differences in properties over its cross-section. Particularly the out-of-plane shear behavior of CLT is affected by the changes in shear moduli over the cross-section. Results from labo...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,910 Views
13 Pages

Torsion Test vs. Other Methods to Obtain the Shear Strength of Elastic-Plastic Adhesives

  • Monica Ferraris,
  • Milena Salvo,
  • Valentina Casalegno,
  • Stefano De La Pierre,
  • Luca Goglio and
  • Alessandro Benelli

23 March 2022

Nowadays adhesive joints are more and more used; therefore, a precise and reliable shear strength measurement of these joints is necessary to design and predict a final components’ performance. This work aimed to assess the shear strength value...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,540 Views
23 Pages

20 February 2025

Reinforced concrete shear walls (RCSWs) are complicated to compute their shear capacity due to their large cross-sectional height-to-thickness ratios and the fact that they are subjected to vertical loads. Numerous factors influence RCSWs’ shea...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,377 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Fiber Sizing Levels on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoset Composites

  • Albraa A. Jaber,
  • Sara A. Abbas,
  • Abdiaziz A. Farah,
  • Karina K. Kopeć,
  • Yahya M. Alsalik,
  • Mohammed A. Tayeb and
  • Nikhil Verghese

11 December 2023

Fiber sizing is one of the most important components in manufacturing composites by affecting mechanical properties, including strength and stiffness. The sizing of manmade fibers offers many advantages, such as improving fiber/matrix adhesion and bo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,886 Views
18 Pages

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-retrofitted concrete structures are extensively utilized, and they have attracted growing research interest due to their combined performance in marine environments. To investigate the effect of seawater exposure, a tot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,347 Views
14 Pages

Torsional Vibration Tests of Extruded Polystyrene with Improved Accuracy in Determining the Shear Modulus

  • Hiroshi Yoshihara,
  • Momoka Wakahara,
  • Masahiro Yoshinobu and
  • Makoto Maruta

13 March 2022

Recently, extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam has been used as a component of construction materials; therefore, it is important to characterize its mechanical properties, including shear modulus. Despite the importance, it is often difficult to determin...

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  • Open Access
1,088 Views
21 Pages

15 August 2025

Steel–ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) composite beams with small-rib-height perfobond strip connectors (SRHPBLs) exhibited advantages of light weight and high bearing capacity, demonstrating the potential for applications of UHPC in brid...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,861 Views
21 Pages

10 September 2020

This article investigates the nonlinear behavior of single-keyed dry joints in segmental precast bridges under direct shear loading on the basis of nonlinear finite element analysis on lots of specimens with concrete plastic damage considered. Throug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,133 Views
16 Pages

Shear and Bending Performances of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Different Sizes of Circular Openings

  • Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç,
  • Ceyhun Aksoylu,
  • Ibrahim Y. Hakeem,
  • Nebi Özdöner,
  • İlker Kalkan,
  • Memduh Karalar,
  • Sergey A. Stel’makh,
  • Evgenii M. Shcherban’ and
  • Alexey N. Beskopylny

4 August 2023

The present study pertains to the effects of transverse opening diameters and shear reinforcement ratios on the shear and flexural behavior of RC beams with two web openings across different spans, i.e., a single opening in each half-span. Within the...

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  • Open Access
383 Views
27 Pages

10 February 2026

The application of steel–concrete composite structures in the pylons of long-span cable-stayed bridges can effectively address the issue of insufficient structural stiffness. Shear connectors are critical load-transfer components in steel&ndash...

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  • Open Access
317 Views
23 Pages

Sugarcane is an important economic crop in southern China. Affected by typhoons, it is prone to lodging, which not only increases the difficulty and loss rate of mechanical harvesting but also reduces the sugar content. The mechanical properties of t...

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  • Open Access
4,160 Views
19 Pages

22 April 2019

The undrained shear strength in cohesive soils can be evaluated based on measurements obtained from the standard dilatometer test (DMT) using single- and multi-factor empirical relationships. However, the empirical relationships presented in the lite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,314 Views
22 Pages

21 November 2022

This paper is devoted to the shear of slender concrete beams flexurally reinforced with two types of reinforcement: steel and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) without transversal reinforcement. The paper presents four theoretical models for calculating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,497 Views
25 Pages

Effect of Density and Number of Layers of Fiber Sheets and End Anchors on the Flexural Capacity of SRG-Strengthened RC Beams

  • Andrea Incerti,
  • Valentina Rinaldini,
  • Mattia Santandrea,
  • Christian Carloni and
  • Claudio Mazzotti

21 March 2025

Steel-reinforced grout (SRG) composites are a newly developed retrofitting technique, which is considered an alternative to other fiber-reinforced composites to increase the load-carrying capacity of existing structures. This work presents an experim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,389 Views
19 Pages

Experimental Evaluation of Shear Behavior of Stone Masonry Wall

  • Maria Luisa Beconcini,
  • Pietro Croce,
  • Paolo Formichi,
  • Filippo Landi and
  • Benedetta Puccini

29 April 2021

The evaluation of the shear behavior of masonry walls is a first fundamental step for the assessment of existing masonry structures in seismic zones. However, due to the complexity of modelling experimental behavior and the wide variety of masonry ty...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,512 Views
21 Pages

13 October 2023

During the thermoforming of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (FRTP) organosheets, the desire to minimise tool temperatures leads to non-isothermal temperature profiles through the laminate thickness. The aim of this study was to understand the influenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,932 Views
15 Pages

10 August 2017

In order to quantitatively evaluate the shear-bearing capacity of shear connectors of square concrete filled steel tube (CFST), push-out tests on 14 square CFSTs with shear connectors have been carried out. Among the 14 CFSTs, there are 13 specimens...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,888 Views
19 Pages

29 June 2022

In this paper, the influence of the strengthening configuration on the structural response of U-wrapped SRG (Steel-Reinforced Grout) shear-strengthened reinforced concrete beams was analyzed both experimentally and theoretically. The parameters varie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,298 Views
21 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation on the Performance of Perfobond Leiste Shear Connectors in Steel–SFRCC Composite Beams

  • Kai Peng,
  • Laijun Liu,
  • Fangwen Wu,
  • Song Lei,
  • Jincheng Cao,
  • Xiangyan Fan and
  • Xuan Wang

17 October 2022

The difference between the shear performances of Perfobond Leiste (PBL) shear connectors embedded in steel fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (SFRCC) structure and normal strength concrete (NC) structure was investigated by push-out tests and fi...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,173 Views
15 Pages

9 November 2020

Basalt fibers have been adopted as reinforcements to improve mechanical performance of concrete materials and structures due to their excellent corrosion resistance, affordable cost, and environmental-friendly nature. While the reinforcing efficiency...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,994 Views
20 Pages

21 November 2023

This paper proposes a new type of composite box beam combined with cold-formed thin-walled steel and glued laminated timber to develop green building structures while improving the load-carrying capacity of a single steel girder and glued timber gird...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,055 Views
10 Pages

Influence of Interlayers on Adhesion Strength of TiN Film on Mg Alloy

  • Huaiyuan Liu,
  • Jialin Li,
  • Donglin Ma,
  • Xin Jiang,
  • Dong Xie and
  • Yongxiang Leng

16 January 2024

The wide application of Mg alloys has been restricted because of their poor corrosion and wear resistance. Titanium nitride ceramic films prepared via magnetron sputtering can improve the corrosion and wear resistance of Mg alloys. However, residual...

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