Fibre-reinforced composites (FRCs) are multiphase materials characterised by high engineering performances.
Biodegradable polymer composites based on polylactides and polyglycolides constitute a group of materials characterised by good biocompatibility.
Cementitious materials, such as cement paste, mortar and concrete, are tension-softening materials characterised by a fracture process zone.
This paper presents an efficient numerical method that approximates the complex eigenvalues and eigenvectors in structural systems with viscoelastic damping materials, characterised by the complex structural damping matrix.
A repeat addition and carbonisation step was needed to form the precursor carbon/MCM-48 material that was pyrolysed at 900 °C to generate graphitic mesoporous carbon materials, characterised by XRD, HR-TEM, Raman spectroscopy and surface area analysis.
The damage assessment procedures need to take into account the highly non-linear behaviour of the structural materials, characterised by brittle cracking and consequent stress redistribution, and the important effect of soil structure interaction.
First, a sinusoidal wave toneburst is sent into a single layer of material exhibiting inherent material nonlinearity characterised by the nonlinear parameter β and thick enough for the toneburst received in through transmission to be resolved.
Textile materials are characterised by the distinct hierarchy of structure, which should be represented by a model of textile geometry and mechanical behaviour.
The material was characterised by X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, electron microscopy, and magnetic susceptometry.
The material is characterised by high compressive strength, high tensile/flexural strength and high-energy absorption capacity.
