This review is designed to be a comprehensive source for polymer nanocomposite research, including fundamental structure/property relationships, manufacturing techniques, and applications of polymer nanocomposite materials. In addition to presenting the scientific framework for the advances in polymer nanocomposite research, this review focuses on the scientific principles and mechanisms in relation to the methods of processing and manufacturing with a discussion on commercial applications and health/safety concerns (a critical issue for production and scale-up). Hence, this review offers a comprehensive discussion on technology, modeling, characterization, processing, manufacturing, applications, and health/safety concerns for polymer nanocomposites.

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Review article: Polymer-matrix Nanocomposites, Processing, Manufacturing, and Application: An Overview

A review of the investigations that have been made on adhesively bonded joints of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composite structures (single skin and sandwich construction) is presented. The effects of surface preparation, joint configuration, adhesive properties, and environmental factors on the joint behaviour are described briefly for adhesively bonded FRP composite structures. The analytical and numerical methods of stress analysis required before failure prediction are discussed. The numerical approaches cover both linear and non-linear models. Several methods that have been used to predict failure in bonded joints are described. There is no general agreement about the method that should be used to predict failure since the failure strength and modes are different according to the various bonding methods and parameters, but progressive damage models are quite promising since important aspects of the joint behaviour can be modelled by using this approach. However, a lack of reliable failure criteria ...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/14644207JMDA219

Adhesively bonded joints in composite materials: An overview

A recent increase in the use of ecofriendly, natural fibers as reinforcement for the fabrication of lightweight, low cost polymer composites can be seen globally. One such material of interest currently being extensively used is basalt fiber, which is cost-effective and offers exceptional properties over glass fibers. The prominent advantages of these composites include high specific mechano-physico-chemical properties, biodegradability, and non-abrasive qualities to name a few. This article presents a short review on basalt fibers used as a reinforcement material for composites and discusses them as an alternative to the use of glass fibers. The paper also discusses the basics of basalt chemistry and its classification. Apart from this, an attempt to showcase the increasing trend in research publications and activity in the area of basalt fibers is also covered. Further sections discuss the improvement in mechanical, thermal and chemical resistant properties achieved for applications in specific industries.

A short review on basalt fiber reinforced polymer composites

Composites have been found to be the most promising and discerning material available in this century. Presently, composites reinforced with fibers of synthetic or natural materials are gaining more importance as demands for lightweight materials with high strength for specific applications are growing in the market. Fiber-reinforced polymer composite offers not only high strength to weight ratio, but also reveals exceptional properties such as high durability; stiffness; damping property; flexural strength; and resistance to corrosion, wear, impact, and fire. These wide ranges of diverse features have led composite materials to find applications in mechanical, construction, aerospace, automobile, biomedical, marine, and many other manufacturing industries. Performance of composite materials predominantly depends on their constituent elements and manufacturing techniques, therefore, functional properties of various fibers available worldwide, their classifications, and the manufacturing techniques used to fabricate the composite materials need to be studied in order to figure out the optimized characteristic of the material for the desired application. An overview of a diverse range of fibers, their properties, functionality, classification, and various fiber composite manufacturing techniques is presented to discover the optimized fiber-reinforced composite material for significant applications. Their exceptional performance in the numerous fields of applications have made fiber-reinforced composite materials a promising alternative over solitary metals or alloys.

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Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Manufacturing, Properties, and Applications.

Characterization of polymeric structural foams under compressive impact loading by means of energy-absorption diagram

Low velocity impact tests of laminate glass-fiber-epoxy matrix composite material plates

https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iccs16/CD/721-760/735Belingardi_Boria_Obradovic.pdf

Giovanni Belingardi

Papers

Characterization of polymeric structural foams under compressive impact loading by means of energy-absorption diagram

Low velocity impact tests of laminate glass-fiber-epoxy matrix composite material plates

Lightweight design and crash analysis of composite frontal impact energy absorbing structures

Mechanical models of cellular solids: parameters identification from experimental tests

Investigating the effect of spew and chamfer size on the stresses in metal/plastics adhesive joints