Numerical Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Pultruded GFRP Composite Profile

Haohui Xin, Ayman Mosallam, Yuqing Liu

2020

Abstract

Long-term exposure of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) profile to harsh in-service environment will lead to irreversible degradation of mechanical properties. Understanding the exposure “aging” effects on pultruded FRP composites is important for their application in bridge structures. The moisture diffusion process plays a very important role to understand material degradation of GFRP laminations exposed to hydrothermal environment. In this paper, the moisture diffusion process with focusing on pultruded GFRP composites used in bridge applications is numerically simulated. The parameters of moisture diffusion are calibrated by gravimetric tests of thin plates.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Xin H., Mosallam A. and Liu Y. (2020). Numerical Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Pultruded GFRP Composite Profile.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity - Volume 1: ICATH, ISBN 978-989-758-514-2, pages 84-91. DOI: 10.5220/0010428600840091

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icath20,
author={Haohui Xin and Ayman Mosallam and Yuqing Liu},
title={Numerical Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Pultruded GFRP Composite Profile},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity - Volume 1: ICATH,},
year={2020},
pages={84-91},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010428600840091},
isbn={978-989-758-514-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity - Volume 1: ICATH,
TI - Numerical Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Pultruded GFRP Composite Profile
SN - 978-989-758-514-2
AU - Xin H.
AU - Mosallam A.
AU - Liu Y.
PY - 2020
SP - 84
EP - 91
DO - 10.5220/0010428600840091