Publications by Carlos Pascual Agullo

Integration of dye solar cells in load- bearing translucent glass fiber- reinforced polymer laminates

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Andreas Schueler, Carlos Pascual Agullo

The encapsulation of dye solar cells in translucent, structural and lightweight glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates was investigated with a view to designing multifunctional envelopes for daylit buildings. Small and large integrating sphere experiment ...

SAGE Publications2017

Optically-derived mechanical properties of glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates for multifunctional load-bearing structures

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Andreas Schueler, André Gabriel Kostro, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Carlos Pascual Agullo

This paper demonstrates how the translucency of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates allows the derivation of their mechanical properties through optical measurements. Spectrophotometric, goniophotometric and tensile experiments were performed o ...

SAGE Publications2015

Total light transmittance of GFRP laminates for building construction

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Carlos Pascual Agullo

The total light transmittance of hand lay-up glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates for building construction was investigated for the purpose of two architectural applications: translucent load-bearing building envelopes and the encapsulation of ...

2014

Total light transmittance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates for multifunctional load-bearing structures

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Andreas Schueler, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Carlos Pascual Agullo

The total light transmittance of hand lay-up glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates for building construction was investigated with a view to two architectural applications: translucent load-bearing structures and the encapsulation of photovoltaic cells ...

SAGE Publications2014

Light diffusion in GFRP laminates for building construction

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Andreas Schueler, André Gabriel Kostro, Carlos Pascual Agullo

The light diffusion of hand lay-up glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates was investigated with a spectrophotometric set-up using an integrating sphere. Reinforcement weights of the laminates ranged from 410 to 3280 g/m2 and fiber volume fractions ...

2014

Diffuse light transmittance of glass fiber-reinforced polymer laminates for multifunctional load-bearing structures

Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Thomas Keller, Andreas Schueler, André Gabriel Kostro, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Carlos Pascual Agullo

The diffuse light transmittance of hand lay-up glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates was investigated. Spectrophotometric experiments were performed on unidirectional and cross-ply glass fiber-reinforced polymer specimens with fiber volume fracti ...

SAGE Publications2014

Translucent load-bearing GFRP envelopes for daylighting and solar cell integration in building construction

Carlos Pascual Agullo

This project investigates the light transmittance of load-bearing glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates with a view to two architectural applications: the daylighting of buildings through load-bearing translucent GFRP envelopes and encapsulation ...

EPFL2014