Failure mechanism and bearing force of CFRP strengthened square hollow section under compressive load.

Carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates can efficiently repair or enhance the mechanical properties of the square hollow section. However, the loading end of such a CFRP-strengthened member is prone to local bearing failure under compressive load. Given this limitation, an innovative CFRP-plate-strengthened square hollow section composite member (CFRP-SHSCM) was raised, and the thick-walled section was welded on both ends of the thin-walled steel column.

[Research on spectral characteristics of Yb3+ doped double-cladding large-mode-area micro-structured optical fiber].

Yb3+ doped double-cladding large-mode-area micro-structured optical fibers (Micro-structured fibers, MSF) are the ideal medium for the super high-power optical fiber laser applications. In the present paper, the authors fabricated the Yb3+ doped silica-based glass using the method of non-chemical vapor deposition, and fabricated the Yb3+ doped double-cladding large-mode-area MSF by stack-drawing method using this glass as the core of MSF, according to the design requirements. Fluorescence spectrum of the MSF was obtained using Ti: sapphire femtosecond laser with the wavelength of 975 nm and LD laser with the wavelength of 980 nm as pumping source.