The behavior of pultruded structural shapes under combined axial load and end moment is investigated experimentally. A combination of standard displacement transducers and full-field shadow moire is used to record in real time all the deformation modes of the beam-column. A data reduction technique is proposed for interpretation of the full-field deformation data. Observations and quantitative data are presented regarding buckling initiation and collapse of five types of fiber-reinforced composite beam-columns.
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