Abstract
The hybrid carbon/glass composite rod (the hybrid composite rod), which consisted of a CFRP rod and a 16-braided GFRP shell of the core-sheath type, have been developing. In order to apply the hybrid composite rod for infrastructure use, its reliability should be ensured with respect to its effects under various environmental loads. In this study, the uniaxial compression test, which disassembled it as a CFRP rod, a GFRP shell and a hybrid composite rod, respectively, was carried out using a tensile/compression testing machine. The mechanical failure characteristic for the hybrid composite rod, which was subjected to an uniaxial compressive load, was clarified by comparing with the strain-stress curves.
