New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings–A state-of-the-art review

W Ferdous, Y Bai, TD Ngo, A Manalo, P Mendis - Engineering structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Modular construction offers faster and safer manufacturing, better predictability to completion
time, superior quality, less workers on site, less resource wastage, and a more …

Pultruded materials and structures: A review

A Vedernikov, A Safonov, F Tucci… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Currently, the application of pultruded profiles is increasing owing to their advantages, such
as light weight, high strength, improved durability, corrosion resistance, ease of …

Bending behaviour of precast concrete slab with externally flanged hollow FRP tubes

U Al-Fakher, A Manalo, W Ferdous, T Aravinthan… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hollow-core precast concrete slabs are now being used in modular building construction to
minimise the volume of concrete and to reduce their weight. However, the existence of voids …

Prefabricated volumetric modular construction: A review on current systems, challenges, and future prospects

A Chourasia, S Singhal, Manivannan - Practice Periodical on …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Rapid urbanization and population growth worldwide has stimulated the requirement of fast
and efficient construction techniques. An emerging trend in the construction industry focuses …

Short-term flexural behaviour of concrete filled pultruded GFRP cellular and tubular sections with pin-eye connections for modular retaining wall construction

W Ferdous, AD Almutairi, Y Huang, Y Bai - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
A retaining wall system modularly assembled from pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer
(GFRP) sections filled with concrete is introduced in this paper. Two main components (ie …

Axial compression behaviour of all-composite modular wall system

A Sharda, A Manalo, W Ferdous, Y Bai, L Nicol… - Composite …, 2021 - Elsevier
The structural behaviour of modular wall systems made from pultruded glass fibre reinforced
polymer profile and composite sheathings was evaluated experimentally and numerically …

[HTML][HTML] Energy absorption of foam-filled multi-cell composite panels under quasi-static compression

J Chen, H Fang, W Liu, L Zhu, Y Zhuang… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the energy absorption characteristics of four types of innovative foam-
filled multi-cell composite panels (FMCPs) composed of glass fiber reinforced polymer …

Modular assembly of water-retaining walls using GFRP hollow profiles: Components and connection performance

W Ferdous, Y Bai, AD Almutairi, S Satasivam… - Composite …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study proposes and examines a new structural retaining wall system using pultruded
glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites. The flexural behaviour of the two section …

Mechanical behavior and damage monitoring of pultruded wood-cored GFRP sandwich components

L Zhang, W Liu, L Wang, Z Ling - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents the efficient manufacturing of rectangular wood-cored GFRP sandwich
components by pultrusion process. Unlike the traditional pultruded sections by use of the …

Fatigue behaviour of composite sandwich beams strengthened with GFRP stiffeners

L Wang, YW Zhang, JCM Ho, MH Lai - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the fatigue behaviour of composite sandwich beams, which
consisted of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) skins and a foam core, strengthened with …