EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF HIGHLY COMPLIANT, POLYMER-ENHANCED, GRAPHITE REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES

This paper demonstrates how numerical and experimental methods were used to determine the dynamic response of “SURVIVOR,” UAH’s winning entry in the 2001 ASCE/MBT National Concrete Canoe Competition. This boat has some unique structural and material properties and represents a new class of highly compliant, PolymerEnhanced, Graphite Reinforced Cementitious Composite (PEGRCC) structures designed based on the strength, stiffness, and the position of the component materials in the composite section.