The creation of a lighter alternative to the tubular steel bar currently used for automotive suspension units was initially established under the £400,000 Innovate UK-funded Lightweight Metal ...

A previous Innovate UK-funded project achieved a 65% reduction in stabilizer bar weight by replacing the current solid steel component with a carbon fiber composite member. This weight reduction was ...

Lightweight anti-roll bars could cut fuel consumption and emissions from rail and heavy road vehicles whilst also improving their reliability. The previous Innovate UK funded project achieved a ...

In the never-ending war on corrosion, a patented, reinforcing-steel bar certified to last at least 100 years is receiving a second life thanks to venture capitalists hell-bent on improving ...

image: Detail of self-sensing steel fiber-reinforced polymer composite bars. view more . Credit: Zenghui Ye et al. A recent study published in Engineering presents a groundbreaking approach to ...

GatorBar is a glass fiber reinforced composite rebar (GFRP), made 100% in the United States, that offers: ICC structurally approved, composite rebar 2x stronger in tensile strength than steel ...

They have developed hemp reinforcing bar or “rebar” made from hemp fiber coated with resin or bioplastic, and they claim this hemp rebar is just as strong as the steel rebar often used in cement ...

Slab Kazibwe says instead of using the maxspan, nails, rings, iron bars, among other materials for a slab, with steel composite method, one only needs to use I-beam, timber, aggregate, cement ...

Composite steel-concrete slabs are an innovative construction solution that combines the strengths of both materials to create efficient and durable flooring systems. ... (BFRP) bars. Studies have ...