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With fuel economy and lightweight design becoming ever more significant due to the current materials, resources and environmental crisis, the manufacture of polymer composites [...]
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This research shows a novel in-situ experimental approach to characterize a carbon-epoxy unidirectional composite system interface. Computational models were implemented to [...]
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RESUMEN: Las espumas de carbono son materiales macroporosos que convenientemente funcionalizados pueden ser muy útiles en aplicaciones de adsorción [...]
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Due to the great increase in the use of composite materials, there is a need to investigate and develop effective recovery, recycling, and reuse techniques. This technological [...]
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Currently, due to the great advances achieved in medicine, together with those related to materials science and engineering, in recent years there has been a growing interest [...]
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Advances in single-use packaging and container technology are generating an indiscriminate increase in urban solid waste, which is on the rise. In 2020, Mexico achieved a [...]
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As the demand of the automotive and aeronautics industry for high-performance structures increases, the tendency goes towards the use of composite materials. This tendency [...]
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El proyecto ECO-CLIP se basa en una combinación de actividades de innovación orientadas a lograr piezas estructurales más ligeras a partir de los residuos [...]
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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 [...]
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Las pruebas de flexión con entalla final y viga en doble voladizo se diseñaron para caracterizar la fractura interlaminar de materiales compuestos en modos puros [...]
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Este artículo describe el desarrollo de una metodología de simulación FEM para predecir el comportamiento de un panel compuesto con matriz termoplástica [...]
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The present study investigates the enhanced energy absorption capabilities in the radial direction of structures through the combination of continuous glass fiber reinforced [...]
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En este trabajo se presenta y valida numéricamente un novedoso procedimiento de extrapolación para predecir las leyes cohesivas de uniones adhesivas en modo [...]
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En el presente trabajo se ha demostrado el potencial de la tecnología de curado UV cuando se aplica en los materiales compuestos reforzados con fibra de vidrio. Se [...]
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Currently, the manufacture of fiberglass composite parts for the automotive industry is limited by the curing times of the resins. The curing of this type of parts is usually [...]
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With the recent increase in the use of additive manufacturing (AM) in more and more challenging applications, the demands on the mechanical performance and sustainability [...]
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Rice straw is a problematic agricultural waste that is currently burnt in tonnes in the Albufera de Valencia after the harvest, with the consequent environmental damage. In [...]
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La fabricación aditiva mediante extrusión de materiales termoplásticos en formato pellet se está convirtiendo en una tecnología prometedora [...]
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The transformation processes used for thermoplastic composites, have been increasing their complexity, while incorporating new high demanding materials. From the aeronautic [...]
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Composites are still playing an important role in the strategic agendas of industries associated with the transport sector, such as the shipbuilding industry. This is mainly [...]
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Industrial automated tape layup methods significantly increase the productivity, precision, and efficiency of manufacturing methods for large aerospace parts; however, although [...]
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Composite materials, such as those made from carbon and glass fibres, are now considered to be high value-added materials. However, a barrier to their full circularity is [...]
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The final benefits obtained in plastic parts made with the commonly used 3D printing technologies (extrusion, laser sintering, photopolymerizable resin bath, inkjet) depend [...]
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OASIS Composites Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) is a single-entry point for scale-up of Innovative Smart lightweight polymer matrix and aluminium composite materials and [...]
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Uno de los mayores desafíos a los que se enfrenta la industria aeronáutica europea es la necesidad de ofrecer tecnologías digitales transformadoras para [...]
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Multifunctional sandwich panels that can lighten and generate electrical energy are strategic for many industrial sectors, such as electric vehicle roofs or drones. This work [...]
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The investigation into recycling methodologies for composite materials has emerged as a prominent area of study, encompassing both theoretical research and practical implementation. [...]
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It is estimated that the aeronautic industry in the European Union produces annually around 10 tn of uncured prepreg scraps, generated mainly from manual and automated lamination [...]
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Characterization of shear properties in unidirectional fibre composite materials can be a complex process due to the difficulty in obtaining uniform and pure shear stress-strain [...]
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In this work, a new analytical procedure is developed to obtain the displacement field of a unidirectional composite plate subjected to bending in two planes. The analysed [...]
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Recent advances in developing new concepts for railway structures demand new lightweight structure concepts not only to reduce their energy consumption but also to reduce [...]
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Rib-AM project aims to contribute to the development of novel in-situ manufacturing technologies applied to large size components of primary structure of aircrafts. Framed [...]
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The fundamentals of new analytical models based on energy and coenergy of deformation are explained to analytically address asymmetric interlaminar fracture tests. After reviewing [...]
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One of the failures with significant practical repercussions in structural elements made of laminated composite materials is the formation and growth of interlaminar cracks [...]
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High-velocity impact is one of the most common load states to which composite material structures can be subjected during their service life and can cause a sudden loss of [...]
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In this work, the authors propose an experimental study on the possible improvement of the mechanical behaviour produced by ultra-thin plies in laminates subjected to cyclic [...]
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Debonding between plies, or delamination, is a critical failure mechanism for laminated composite materials and has been analysed in several scientific investigation. Usually [...]
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A recent study about the ''edge effect'' phenomenon in cross-ply laminates made of ultra-thin plies composites has shown the presence of a relevant stress [...]
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Numerous studies on the use of laminates manufactured with ultra-thin composite laminates have shown the existence of a significant delay in the appearance of damage, a phenomenon [...]
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This study experimentally analyses the phenomenon of delamination under static and fatigue loading in mode II using the standardized End-Notched Flexure (ENF) test. Adhesive [...]
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Thermoplastic composite joints show many advantages in comparison to conventional fasteners. However, thermoplastic welding of primary aircraft structures is still a certification [...]
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The European rail network is largely electrified, and rail emits far less CO2 than equivalent travel by road or air. It accounts for only 0.4 % greenhouse gas emissions from [...]
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Thermosets comprise a family of chemically cross-linked networks formed by irreversible chemical reactions, resulting in polymers with outstanding properties such as superior [...]
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Reducing the environmental impact of composite materials by using new matrices and fibres, as well as a manufacturing process that allows obtaining high-quality standards, [...]
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Elastomeric composite materials are widely used in multiple applications, especially in the automotive industry; however, they have the drawback of being difficult to recycle, [...]
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Our latest generation aircraft are more efficient by design, lighter and emit on average 25% less CO2 than previous generation aircrafts. Lightweight materials like composites [...]
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The high cross-linking degree of thermosetting resins, which gives them remarkable mechanical properties, also implies an irreversible structure that impedes proper recycling [...]
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Carbon fibre reinforced composites (CFRP) are key in different industrial sectors as they combine lightness and robustness. This circumstance and the growing need to take [...]
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Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the most consumed plastics in the world, so it is very common to find it in the sea or ocean. Thermomechanical recycling is normally [...]
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This paper presents the experimental validation of a thermal treatment technology to recover added-value substances from the plastic matrix of end-of-life wind turbine blades, [...]
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Reprocessable, repairable, and recyclable thermoset composites have the potential to improve the circularity of composites and ensure their sustainability. Disulfide-based [...]
Materials Science, Composites