Showing papers in "Composites in 2015"
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TL;DR: In this article, a hierarchical engineered micro-nano hybrid composite system is described, where a spray coating technique has been utilized as an effective way to deposit carbon nanotubes (CNTs) onto carbon fiber prepregs with good control of network formation and the potential for localization.
169 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of interleaved nanofibre veils on the Mode I and Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness (ILFT) of autoclave cured unidirectional carbon/epoxy composite laminates were investigated.
145 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a literature survey on the theoretical backgrounds and the past research efforts in relation to the interactions between certain thermoplastics and epoxies, and their applications in polymer blending, epoxy toughening and composite joining.
94 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the failure of a quasi-isotropic composite laminate containing an embedded out-of-plane fiber wrinkle defect was investigated under tension loading, where high resolution camera images were taken at regular intervals which monitored the initiation and interaction of different damage mechanisms during test.
69 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the homo-telechelic functionalized polyethylene glycols (FPEGs) were tailored with π-orbital-rich groups (namely phenyl, pyrene and di-pyrene) via esterification reactions.
68 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the manufacturing process and the characterization of the tensile mechanical properties of treated and untreated palm dates long technical fibres, extracted from Fruit Bunch Branch of Palm Date (FBBPD).
68 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of CRGO on improving the creep and recovery performance of thermoplastics was proposed and discussed based on the analytical modelings (Burger's model and Weibull distribution function) and experimental results.
67 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a uniformly dispersed and aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix (Al-MWCNT) composite with minimal work hardening and without interfacial chemical compounds was fabricated.
66 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the influence of polymer modifier chain length on the thermal conductivity of polyamide 6/graphene (GA) nanocomposites, including through-plane (λz) and in-plane(λx) directions, was investigated.
64 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a dislocation density based model is developed to describe the factors affecting the strengthening mechanisms in Carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced MMCs with different matrix grain sizes.
63 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present some evidence which suggests that with the correct hardware and operating procedure/methodology, consistent and high quality carbon-epoxy laminates can be produced, with the possibility of scaling up the process, as demonstrated by the micro and macro-scale mechanical test results.
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TL;DR: In this paper, drawing, winding, and pressing techniques were used to produce horizontally aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets from free-standing vertically aligned CNT arrays.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of hybridisation of basalt fiber on post-impact behaviour and damage tolerance capability of hemp fibre reinforced composites were explored. But the authors did not consider the impact properties of the composite materials.
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TL;DR: In this article, the resistive behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)/epoxy resins, tested under mechanical cycles and different levels of applied strain, was investigated for specimens loaded in axial tension.
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TL;DR: In this paper, polypropylene-grafted maleic anhydride (PP-g-MA) and styrene ethylene butadiene styrene grafted maleric anhydrides (SEBS-g)-MA were used as coupling agents.
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TL;DR: In this article, the tensile behavior of unidirectional and cross-ply composites reinforced with ductile stainless steel fibres and modified adhesion to the epoxy matrix was investigated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, carbon-bonded carbon fiber (CBCF) composites are used for the production of low-density carbonphenolic thermal protection systems (TPS) for spacecraft.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new definition of capillary pressure Pcap and an experimental technique to determine it are described and a good agreement with the Washburn equation has been shown and an equivalence with Darcy law has been proposed.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a novel method was developed to realize the situ accumulation of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) in the carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) to construct the multi-scale reinforcement for improving the interlaminar properties.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a hyperelastic constitutive model is implemented to study the formability on three-dimensional complex shapes of a single layer E-glass non-crimp 3D orthogonal woven reinforcement.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of weave structure on mechanical behavior and moisture absorption of the PLA/hemp woven fabric composites made by compression molding was investigated. But the results were limited to 8-harness satin and basket fabrics.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of the interdiffusion of two thermoplastic tougheners and RTM6 epoxy resin precursors on the resulting morphologies after curing and the consequences on delamination toughness of the corresponding carbon fiber reinforced composites was explored.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and the property of the stripe in polymer thin film can be well tuned by adjusting the viscosity ratio between dispersed phase and continuous phase, which can induce units to assemble into vorticityaligned stripe-structures in confined geometries.
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TL;DR: In this paper, carbon fiber-pEEK laminates, manufactured by laser-assisted ATP (LATP) and autoclave, are compared and it is shown that LATP cooling rates are extremely rapid and suggests full through-thickness melting of the pre-preg tape may not occur.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported enhanced thermal and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube composites achieved through the use of functionalized CNTs-reactive polymer linkages and three-roll milling.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) on the interfacial bond strength, flexural strength and stiffness, toughness and damping properties of hybridized glass-fiber reinforced epoxy (GFRE) composites was investigated.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the growth of ZnO nanowires on the surface of the fibers could increase the interyarn friction, producing 10.85 times higher peak load and 22.70 times higher energy absorption compared to neat fabrics.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of cellulose nano fibers (CNF): micro-fibrillated cellulose and bacteria cellulose fibers were investigated on the fatigue life of carbon fiber (CF) fabric/epoxy (EP) composites.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new Forming Limit Curve for the composite which expresses limiting fibre strain as a function of forming mode depicted by the ratio of minor strain to major strain.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D viscoelastic model is presented, based on the use of finite element method for the study of the nonlinear tensile behaviour of hemp fibres.