The Pultex® Pultrusion Design Manual of Standard and Custom Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Profiles Imperial Version Volume 5 – Revision 3 Featuring PultexStandard Structural Profiles Pultex SuperStructural Profiles Nuclear test tower constructed using Pultex® Standard Structural Profiles Creative Pultrusions, Inc. reserves the right to edit and modify literature, please consult the web site for the most current version of this document. “The first Pultex® Design Manual was published in 1973. The New and Improved Pultex® Pultrusion Design Manual of Standard and Custom Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Profiles, 2004 Edition, Volume 5 – Revision 3 is a tool for engineers to specify Pultex® pultruded standard structural profiles. 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Superstud!™, Superstud!™/Nuts!, SUPURTUF™, Tuf-dek™, SuperWale™, SuperCap™ and SuperRod™are trademarks of Creative Pultrusions, Inc. i The New and Improved Pultex® Pultrusion Global Design Manual Contents The New and Improved Pultex® Pultrusion Design Manual of Standard and Custom Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Profiles, including Imperial Measurements Table of Contents Volume 5 - Revision 3 Page Numbers Chapter 1 Introduction To Pultrusion Pultex® ....................................................................................................................................... 1 – 2 Pultex® Pultrusion Process .................................................................................................. 2 – 3 Process Advantages ................................................................................................................... 3 Raw Materials Used in the Pultrusion Process ................................................................... 3 – 4 Pultex® Resin Systems ........................................................................................................ 4 – 5 Chapter 2 Value Engineering Design Benefits .......................................................................................................................... 1 – 2 Applications ............................................................................................................................... 2 – 3 Cost Analysis for Standard and Custom Profiles ...................................................................... 3 – 4 Raw Material Advantages ................................................................................................................ 4 Fabrication Advantages ................................................................................................................... 4 Shipping Advantages ....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 3 Physical And Mechanical Properties Introduction to Design with Pultruded Composites ......................................................................... 1 Fiber Properties ........................................................................................................................... 1 Resin Properties .......................................................................................................................... 2 Fillers .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Imperial Material Properties Sheets Material Properties of Pultex® Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Profiles ................... 3 – 4 Material Properties of Pultex® Fiber Reinforced Polymer Flat Sheets ............................... 5 – 6 Material Properties of Pultex® Fiber Reinforced Polymer Rods and Bars ............................... 7 Material Properties of Superstud!/Nuts! Square Nuts and Isoplast* Flanged Hex Nuts Fiber Reinforced Polymer Fastener Systems ............................................................................ 8 Material Properties of Pultex® SuperStructural Profiles – Wide Flange and I-Sections .................................................................................................................... 9 – 10 Material Properties of Pultex® SuperStructural Profiles – Angles ................................ 11 – 12 Procedures for Obtaining Properties ...................................................................................... 13 – 14 Safety Factors .......................................................................................................................... 15 Elements of Sections Imperial Elements of Section .......................................................................................... 16 – 22 *Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ii The New and Improved Pultex® Pultrusion Global Design Manual Contents The New and Improved Pultex® Pultrusion Design Manual of Standard and Custom Fiber Reinforced Polymer Structural Profiles, including Imperial Measurements Table of Contents Volume 5 - Revision 3 Page Numbers Chapter 4 Load Tables For Flexural Members And Connections Beam Deflections ............................................................................................................................. 1 Allowable Stresses ........................................................................................................................... 1 Lateral – Torsional Buckling ..................................................................................................... 2 – 4 Stress Calculations for Channels ............................................................................................... 5 – 9 Local and Global Buckling of FRP Channels ................................................................................ 10 Beam Deflection Formula ...................................................................................................... 11 – 13 Examples of Beam Selection of Pultex® Profiles used as Flexural Members ....................... 14 – 17 Channel Selection Example ................................................................................................... 17 – 18 Nomenclature ......................................................................................................................... 19 – 20 Introduction to Pultex® SuperStructural Profiles.......................................................................... 21 Comparison of Standard Structural Profiles and Pultex® SuperStructural Profiles ............. 21 – 23 Span/Deflection Ratio Conversion Tables ............................................................................ 24 – 25 Allowable Uniform Load Tables ........................................................................................... 26 – 92 Connections Clip Connection Load Tables with Pultex® SuperStructural Profiles ........................... 93 – 95 Bolt Hole Bearing Capacity ............................................................................................ 96 – 97 Design Example Using the Clip Connection Charts ............................................................... 98 Moment of Capacity of Pultex® SuperStructural Angles ............................................. 99 – 100 Designing a Connection with a Coped Flange ...................................................................... 101 End Notes .............................................................................................................................. 102 Chapter 5 Load Tables For Compression Members Load Tables For Compression Members ......................................................................................... 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Pultex® Column Test Program ................................................................................................... 3 – 8 Nomenclature ................................................................................................................................... 9 Tables for Allowable Compressive Stresses and Loads ................................................................ 10 Imperial Tables for Allowable Compressive Stresses and Loads ................................... 11 – 45 Biography ............................................................................................................................... 47 – 48 Chapter 6 Environmental Considerations Temperature ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Weathering ....................................................................................................................................... 1 UV Stabilizers .................................................................................................................................. 1 Resistance to Chemicals and Reagents ............................................................................................ 2 Chemical Compatibility Guide ...............................................................................................