Cold Regions Composites Workshop

PI: M. Arockiasamy佛罗里达大西洋大学拟议的纤维增强塑料（FRP）研讨会将讨论FRP产品在寒冷地区典型加载条件下的结构和性能。应用领域将主要集中在民用结构，包括交通、建筑和卫生设施。长期使用复合材料的一个主要问题是它们在环境温度和低温之间经历热循环的寒冷地区保持完整性的能力。在极冷环境下，复合材料结构和构件的性能受到严重影响。关于复合材料的生命周期成本、环境退化和极端环境性能的信息很少。研讨会将为研究人员、学者、实践工程师和FRP产品制造商提供一个独特的论坛，讨论FRP复合材料在极端环境中的相关问题。

CMS 9713561 PI: M. Arockiasamy Florida Atlantic University The proposed workshop on Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) will address construction and performance of FRP productssubjected to loading conditions typical to cold regions. Application area of primary focus will be civil structures including transportation, buildings, and sanitary facilities. One of the major concern regardimg the prolonged use of composite materials is their ability to retain integrity in cold regions where thermal cycling between ambient temperature and cryogenic temperature is experienced. Performance of compositre structures and components is seriously affected in very cold environment. Only scant information is available on the life cycle costs, environmental degradation, and extreme environment performances of the composites. The workshop will provide a unique forum for the researchers, academics, practiving engineers, and FRP product manufacturers to discuss problems associated with FRP composites in extreme environments.