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  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering

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  • Thin-walled composite columns are crucial structural elements.
  • Understanding their stability and load-carrying capacity under axial compression is vital.
  • Carbon-epoxy laminate (CFRP) offers high strength-to-weight ratio but requires careful analysis for failure modes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the stability and load-carrying capacity of a top-hat cross-section CFRP composite column.
  • To compare experimental results with numerical simulations for buckling and progressive failure.
  • To identify vulnerable areas and material damage zones within the composite structure.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental testing of CFRP composite columns under axial compression.
  • Numerical buckling analysis using the minimum potential energy criterion and eigenvalue problem.
  • Progressive failure analysis employing the Newton-Raphson incremental iterative method for non-linear stability.

Main Results:

  • Accurate prediction of critical buckling loads and post-critical behavior through numerical simulations.
  • Validation of numerical models against experimental data.
  • Identification of specific regions within the composite column susceptible to material damage and failure.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully validated numerical methods for predicting the structural behavior of CFRP composite columns.
  • The findings provide crucial insights into the failure mechanisms and vulnerable areas of these components.
  • This research contributes to the safe design and application of composite structures in engineering.