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The influence of matrix modification on the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) and the mechanical performance of polypropylene/glass fibre composites is investigated. Two different modifiers were used: a highly reactive hyperbranched polymer grafted polypropylene (HBPgPP) and a maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAHgPP). The interfacial shear s...
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C/SiC has excellent mechanical properties and is extensively utilized in the aerospace field. Meanwhile, it is a typical intractable material in virtue of its special intrinsic structure. To investigate the grinding force and material removal mechanism of fiber reinforced CMC, a unidirectional C/SiC composite material was designed and prepared. A s...
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The fatigue hysteresis behavior of SiCf/Ti composites at two-stage cyclic loading has been investigated in present analysis. The effect of fiber volume fraction, loading sequence and fiber shape parameters on the fatigue hysteresis loops of composites were analyzed. Based on the law of interface slip during loading and unloading, the hysteresis loo...
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Recently, it has been found that submarine pressure hulls constructed from fiber-reinforced multilayers have great potential to replace classical metallic ring-stiffened pressure hulls. The strength and stability of these structures are the most important functional requirements and should be considered in any design procedure. This study aimed to ...
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The effect of the pre-bond contamination with fingerprint (FP), both during the production and the application of adhesively bonded patch repairs on composite aircraft parts, and the cumulative effect of fingerprint and hygrothermal ageing on the fracture toughness of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) bonded joints are experimentally investiga...
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In this paper, a high-temperature test experimental system is built to investigate the dependence of the strength of a C/SiC composite material on temperature. Unintuitively, the strength increases with temperature. To investigate the microscopic mechanism, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of an in situ bending test experiment is performed. Our h...
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During curing process of composites, residual stresses inevitably develop and play an important role in the final mechanical properties of composites. Therefore, the consideration of residual stresses when designing composite structure is necessary. The causes of residual stresses are well known on the part and fiber-matrix level. However, the infl...
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The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Fig 2 was captured incorrectly. Since the analysis of bird-strike in the paper was carried out with Abaqus, it was replaced by a picture of the analysis process of Abaqus' bird-strike. The corrected Fig 2 is now given
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Carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (C/C) composites consist in a carbon matrix holding carbon or graphite fibers together, whose physical properties are determined not only by those of their individual components, but also by the layer buildup and the material preparation and processing. The complex structure of C/C composites along with the fiber orie...
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One of the main disadvantages of the regular sinusoidal corrugated core sandwich panels is dependency of their bending properties on its arrangement. To resolve the disadvantage, a bi-directional sinusoidal corrugated core panel was proposed. Hence, the influence of the waves number on the flexural properties of the panels with bi-directional or re...
