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Runqi Guo, Haiying Zhang, Kezheng Chen, Yang Song, Hongxia Li, Lin Ding and Yanjie Liu
In order to improve the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns, a reinforcement technology using prestressed steel wire ropes embedded in polyurethane cement composite material is proposed. Four concrete columns reinforced with different...
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Sanket Rawat, Paul Saliba, Peter Charles Estephan, Farhan Ahmad and Yixia Zhang
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) is often recognized as an eco-friendly cement and has found widespread application in various sectors. However, research on its resistance against elevated temperatures including fire is very limited. This paper thoroug...
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Lei Wang and Shengwen Tang
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Rui Ma, Xun Hu, Huiying Hu, Ziyang Tian, Lei Chen and Jinyu Zong
The ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (UHPFRC) is a new generation of building material with extremely high mechanical strength and durability, which can be used for ultra-high, thin-wall or long-span construction, that prolo...
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Puneeth Jakkula, Amitay Cohen, Bratislav Lukic, David Levi-Hevroni, Alexander Rack, Georg Ganzenmüller and Stefan Hiermaier
Studying the failure behaviour of engineered or natural materials under dynamic loading scenarios is of high importance, for example to investigate the fracture mechanics and to prevent catastrophic failures of constructions. When dynamic loading is coup...
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Tim Heitkamp, Simon Girnth, Sebastian Kuschmitz, Günter Klawitter, Nils Waldt and Thomas Vietor
An existing challenge in the use of continuous fiber reinforcements in additively manufactured parts is the limited availability of suitable fiber materials. This leads to a reduced adaptability of the mechanical properties to the load case. The increase...
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Miguel A. R. Pereira, Ivan Galvão, José Domingos Costa, Ana M. Amaro and Rui M. Leal
The objective of the current work is to show the potential of the friction stir welding (FSW) and its variants to join fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites. To accomplish that, the FSW technique and two other important variants, the f...
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Yuexi Zhuang, Bin Zou, Shouling Ding and Peng Wang
Resin/fiber composites were prepared by the FDM printing technology. The effects of arrangements, types (carbon, glass, and Kevlar), and volume fraction of fibers on the shear and tensile properties of resin 3D-printed composites are investigated in this...
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Yogesh Gandhi and Giangiacomo Minak
Topology Optimization (TO) recently gained importance due to the development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes that produce components with good mechanical properties. Among all additive manufacturing technologies, continuous fiber fused filament ...
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Fanxizi Liu, Qiang Gao, Hui Guo, Chenhong Lang, Jinhua Jiang and Yiping Qiu
To test the acoustic performance of fiber-reinforced composites for replacing wood, an acoustic vibration test method is developed. For evaluation of the test method, composites are manufactured using hemp and ramie embedded in epoxy, through vacuum-assi...
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Claudia Barile, Caterina Casavola, Giovanni Pappalettera and Paramsamy Kannan Vimalathithan
Assessing the damage evolution in carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites is an intricate task due to their complex mechanical responses. The acoustic emission technique (AE) is a non-destructive evaluation tool that is based on the recording o...
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Elias Ananiadis, Konstantinos T. Argyris, Theodore E. Matikas, Athanasios K. Sfikas and Alexandros E. Karantzalis
Novel aluminium matrix composites reinforced by MoTaNbVW refractory high-entropy alloy (HEA) particulates have been fabricated by powder metallurgy. The microstructure of the produced composites has been studied and the corrosion behaviour assessed in 3....
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Feras Abu Obaida, Tamer El-Maaddawy and Hilal El-Hassan
This study aims to examine the potential use of a geopolymeric matrix as a sustainable alternative to commercial mortars in carbon fabric-reinforced matrix composites. Single-lap shear tests were conducted to examine the bond behavior at the fabric-matri...
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Felice Rubino, Antonio Nisticò, Fausto Tucci and Pierpaolo Carlone
Components and structures working in the marine environment are exposed to high stresses attributable to the action of wind, waves, and tides. Moreover, they have to face hostile and severe environmental conditions during their lifetime, being placed in ...
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Iman Babaei, Ravin Garg, Lorenzo Vigna, Davide Salvatore Paolino, Giovanni Belingardi, Lucio Cascone, Andrea Calzolari and Giuseppe Galizia
Despite superior specific mechanical characteristics of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs), a lack of understanding of their fracture mechanisms under different impact conditions has limited the application of CFRP energy-absorbing structures. To a...
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João Parente, Paulo N. B. Reis, M. Neto and A. M. Amaro
Structural sandwich composites have been widely used in many engineering applications, and this trend continues due to their superior mechanical properties, thermal insulation and acoustic damping. However, to further improve their mechanical properties,...
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Kilian Tschöke, Tobias Gaul, Alexander Pietzsch, Eberhard Schulze and Lars Schubert
Nowadays, fiber-reinforced plastics are found in numerous industrial applications, such as aerospace, automotive engineering, railway, and naval engineering. These materials have high tensile and flexural strengths and nevertheless a low density at the s...
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Khoa V. A. Pham, Tan Khoa Nguyen, Tuan Anh Le, Sang Whan Han, Gayoon Lee and Kihak Lee
In this work, the experimental and simulation analysis of the performance of geopolymer composites reinforced with steel fiber and polypropylene fiber is investigated. By embedding hooked end steel fiber and polypropylene fiber with various volume fracti...
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Rostislav Chudoba, Ehsan Sharei, Tilo Senckpiel-Peters and Frank Schladitz
The present paper contributes to the discussion on modeling methods appropriate for the structural analysis of thin-walled concrete shells, a rapidly developing field of material and structural design utilizing the high-performance cementitious composite...
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Sean Bowman, Xiaoyu Hu, Qiuran Jiang, Yiping Qiu, Wanshuang Liu and Yi Wei
Graphene oxide (GO) modified with ferrites (
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