The influence of the hygrothermal aging on the strength and stiffness of adhesives used for civil engineering applications with pultruded profiles: an experimental and numerical investigation

The use of the composite pultruded materials is increasing due to the particular characteristics of lightness, ease of installation, high corrosion resistance and, finally, lower maintenance costs. Even if the bolting technique is the most widely used, especially in the field of civil engineering re-adapting the rules valid for steel structures, thanks to several studies on adhesives, there is reason to believe that the best connection technique...