Hi,
I am a mechanical engineer dipping my toe into the big world of geotechnical engineering.
I need to test the lateral holding power of a pile driven in to medium-hard rock; I would like to test this at reduced (say 1/4) scale if possible - reading around the literature it looks like it is...
I'm a relative newcomer to composites and I would welcome comments on the relative benefits of dyneema and kevlar for reinforcing a laminate AFTER the main structural (carbon) laminate has failed so that the consituent parts stay together. Whatever reinforcement I use has to withstand a degree...
