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EditorialApplications of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Togay Ozbakkaloglu,1 Jian-Fei Chen,2 Scott T. Smith,3 and Jian-Guo Dai4
1University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia2Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK3Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia4Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Correspondence should be addressed to Togay Ozbakkaloglu; [email protected]
Received 19 January 2016; Accepted 20 January 2016
Copyright © 2016 Togay Ozbakkaloglu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionLicense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited.
Fueled by the need to surpass the limitations of conventionalmaterials, recent years have seen a large increase in engi-neering applications of advanced fiber reinforced polymer(FRP) composite materials in many major industries, suchas aerospace and defense, automotive, construction, marine,and oil and gas. FRP composites are very attractive for theseapplications due to their highly favorable material properties,including high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weightratios, and corrosion resistance. Studies conducted to datehave demonstrated the numerous advantages offered by FRPcomposites in various engineering applications. However,there are still a number of technical and implementationissues that need to be resolved prior to broader uptakeof the application of FRP composites by some engineeringcommunities such as civil construction. This special issueis aimed at disseminating the most recent advances anddevelopments in this exciting field.
A total of 17 paperswere submitted to the special issue andafter a rigorous peer-review process six of themwere acceptedto appear in the issue as original research articles. These sixpapers deal with a range of topics on the structural behaviorof composite members/structures and mechanical propertiesand development of composite materials. The studies onthe former investigate the dynamic behavior of compositeFRP bridge systems and flexural behavior of previouslydamaged steel beams repaired with FRP. The studies on thelatter are concerned with the development of ecoefficientengineered cementitious composites, mechanical propertiesof carbon fiber composites obtained using different molding
techniques, and properties of high-density and ultra-highmolecular weight polyethylene and heat-treated bamboofiber composites.
We hope that some of the most recent advances on thedevelopment and applications of FRP composites that havebeen disseminated in this special issue will be of interest toreaders and contribute toward the advancement of researchin the field.
Acknowledgments
Wewould like to thank all the authors for their contributionsand reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.
Togay OzbakkalogluJian-Fei ChenScott T. SmithJian-Guo Dai
Hindawi Publishing CorporationInternational Journal of Polymer ScienceVolume 2016, Article ID 5804145, 1 pagehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5804145
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