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Currently there is a need to develop more sustainable and renewable materials compromised with the environment. From these needs, hemp stalk has great potential because it [...]
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In recent years, there has been a significant increase in social awareness of environmental problems related to high waste generation, oil scarcity and the growing need to [...]
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In the last decade, a great effort has been made to achieve a transition from the current linear economy to a circular economy. This transition also affects the composites [...]
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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 [...]
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Inspired by some of the mechanisms that occur in nature, self-healing materials are characterized by the ability to recover, partially or totally, their initial properties [...]
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Additive manufacturing (AM) for large volume parts is a rising technology with the potential to reduce the fabrication costs and lead times for components. It has practical [...]
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The design and manufacture of sandwich structures allow for many variants related to core and skin types, but their fabrication is very limited with conventional technologies. [...]
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This paper explores the self-healing abilty of the ionomer called Surlyn® 8940 (manufactured by DuPont), a partially neutralised poly(ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) (EMAA) [...]
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Reducing defects in manufacturing processes is one of the greatest challenges in the composites industry. This reduction mean an increment in the mechanical properties, repeatability [...]
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Nowadays, the railway sector demands new lighter designs in the structural components of rolling stock that compensate for its increase due to the incorporation of new technologies, [...]
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The development of offshore renewable energy structures is growing at a fast pace, and their maintenance will become critical in further years. Because steel corrosion on [...]
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The ADICORK project is associated with an agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Junta de Andalucía [...]
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The manufacture of preforms for composite structures is predominantly carried out in large hot drape forming facilities. However, these conventional heating sources are very [...]
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Carbon fibre reinforced polymers are commonly used in the primary and secondary structures of aircraft, mainly due to their excellent specific mechanical properties. Currently, [...]
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The repair process of thermoplastic and thermoset polymeric matrix composite materials is being increasingly demanded in the aeronautic industry for the need to know, in relation [...]
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Compression After Impact (CAI) test is normally used for the assessment of damage tolerance of composite laminates. The applicable specification for the execution of these [...]
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This work focuses on analyzing the uniaxial response of carbon fiber reinforced polymer matrix laminates with the configurations [±45]2S under tension and [±45]4S [...]
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In recent years, wooden and concrete poles are replacing by others made of fiberglass-reinforced polyester. The advantages of this material compared to traditional ones are [...]
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This paper analyses the two-plane bending test to characterise the behaviour of unidirectional composite laminates. This test consists of a flat plate supported at four points [...]
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Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are materials capable of reducing weight while maintaining optimised properties in multiple applications. However, the use of composite [...]
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Due to the environmental challenges the aeronautical industry is facing, the development of recyclable aeronautical chemistries have recently raised huge interest. Within [...]
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The use of different stereospecific metallocene catalysts: isotactic (iPP, C2-symmetry) and syndiotactic (sPP, Cs-symmetry) has been investigated in order to improve the mechanical [...]
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The transport sector has exerted and continue to be the driving force for the development of new materials and lightweigth solutions. The present study focuses on the work [...]
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El futuro del sector aeronáutico está orientado a fabricar estructuras y componentes más ligeros y rentables, empleando materiales y tecnologías [...]
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The non-linear behaviour ocurring in symmetrical angle-ply laminates formed by unidirectional layers of carbon fiber reinforced polymeric matrix (CFRP), known as pseudo-ductility, [...]
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One of the main objectives in the design of HSS (Hydrogen Storage Systems) containers for trains is to be able to store hydrogen as a compressed gas at a pressure of 70MPa [...]
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Manufacturing Process Simulation (MPS) is on the rise nowadays to predict manufacturing defects and deviations, especially during the design phases where it allows the engineers [...]
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Carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite material structures continue to be, despite the tremendous technological maturity achieved in recent decades, one of the [...]
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The industry decarbonization has become in a fundamental challenge for the industries such as automotive or wind power. In this way, the structural components lightening is [...]
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The transport sector has exerted and continue to be the driving force for the development of new materials and lightweight solutions. The present study focuses on the work [...]
Materials Science, Composites