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In this paper we derive the field of displacements and strains for thin-walled open composite beams with composite laminated material including in their kinematics flexural and torsional shear deformations effects. The equilibrium equations are defined through the variational formulation [...]

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A general constitutive model adequate for analysis of the thermomechanical response of composite materials is presented. The model is based on the mixture of the basic substances of the [...]

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Fibre reinforced polymers are important materials used in aviation due to their excellent specific properties enabling the reduction of fuel consumption. For example, carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resins are used in fuselage and wing structures. Glass fibre reinforced phenolic resins [...]

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In recent years many of the developments in the field of composite materials have focused on processes of dry carbon fiber, and efforts have been directed [...]

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Today’s merchant and passenger vessels are complex structures that operate in harsh environments with respect to static and cyclic loads and corrosion. Depleting funds for fleet renewal and increasing through-life cost of maintenance and repair are the principal factors that [...]

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The deployment of composites for lightweight solutions in the automotive market is still emerging due to the production cost of these components and the limited production capacity of current manufacturing technologies.

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Desde hace varios años surge la necesidad de desarrollar materiales compuestos multifuncionales, que además de las propiedades clásicas como alta resistencia y elevada rigidez, integren distintas funcionalidades como por ejemplo la capacidad de detectar [...]

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This work deals with the revaluation of coffee bean residues from the coffee liquor industry with the aim of developing eco-efficient composite materials with a polymeric matrix of polylactic acid (PLA). The coffee residue is incorporated in a proportion [...]

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The main objective of this work was to show the technical viability of a traditional Sheet Moulding Compound process hybridized with Carbon fibre prepreg reinforcements, in a demonstrative car seat structure. The new reinforced seat is lighter, has better mechanical resistance [...]