Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13081341
Keywords
PGFRP composites; cross-arms; transmission towers; honeycomb filled; sandwich structures
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- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia [FRGS/1/2019/TK05/UPM/02/11 (5540205)]
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Pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite structures are widely used in high transmission tower cross-arms, offering better strength and environmental degradation resistance. There are performance failures in existing cross-arm members, but enhancing them with honeycomb-filled composite structures can improve service life.
Nowadays, pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite (PGFRPC) structures have been used widely for cross-arms in high transmission towers. These composite structures have replaced cross-arms of conventional materials like wood due to several factors, such as better strength, superior resistance to environmental degradation, reduced weight, and comparatively cheaper maintenance. However, lately, several performance failures have been found on existing cross-arm members, caused by moisture, temperature changes in the atmosphere, and other environmental factors, which may lead to a complete failure or reduced service life. As a potential solution for this problem, enhancing PGFRPC with honeycomb-filled composite structures will become a possible alternative that can sustain a longer service life compared to that of existing cross-arms. This is due to the new composite structures' superior performance under mechanical duress in providing better stiffness, excellence in flexural characteristics, good energy absorption, and increased load-carrying capacity. Although there has been a lack of previous research done on the enhancement of existing composite cross-arms in applications for high transmission towers, several studies on the enhancement of hollow beams and tubes have been done. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review study on the mechanical efficiency of both PGFRPC structures and honeycomb-filled composite sandwich structures in experimental and analytical terms.
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