Shear Failure of Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites under Axial Compression

When structural elements are subjected to compressive loads, the shear forces and stresses induced by second-order effects may lead to shear failure prior to compressive failure. This is particularly likely to occur in the case of pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer profiles, which normally exhibit low shear strength in relation to compressive strength. This paper analyzes the effects of initial imperfection, slenderness, shear-to-compressive strength ratio, shear coefficient, and type of shear failure criterion on ultimate load and failure mode (shear or compressive failure). A formulation for predicting ultimate load based on shear failure and second-order deformation is proposed. The results obtained compare well with similar results obtained using other methods and experimental data available in literature. The proposed method is based strictly on mechanics and thus requires no fitting to experimental data.

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