However, tensile mean strain for the composite caused tensile mean stresses and reduced the fatigue life.
The amount of delamination damage to the composite caused by a ballistic projectile was reduced slightly with stitching.
A double-positive temperature coefficient (PTC) effect was observed in the composite, caused by the large thermal expansion due to the consecutive melting of HDPE and ETFE crystallites.
These results provide insight into the mechanism of changes in the interfacial and opto-mechanical properties of the CNT-PRP composite caused by photo-isomerization and the mechanical design of a photo-responsive actuator.
Density in the aluminium matrix composite was found to be increased with reinforcement fraction; however, increased porosity levels in the composite caused reduction in density.
Drop weight impact in laminated polymer composites causes matrix cracking, delaminations and fibre breakage, which together can seriously degrade the laminate compressive strength.
Low velocity impacts to fibre reinforced plastic composites cause a pattern of damage consisting in general of delamination, fibre breakage and matrix cracking.
A brief and in depth review for drilling of composites using finite element method is delivered, which provides a knowledge on damage of the composites caused during drilling and orthogonal cutting.
Results of impact test demonstrate the rolling process and increasing the volume percentage of the PP layers in sandwich composites cause a dramatic improve in impact absorbed energy of the PP/HA-PP sandwich composites.
