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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)"”.
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Structural health monitoring of polymer-matrix composites (PMCs) using embedded piezoelectric transducers: experimental and numerical approaches
… study and numerical modeling of smart Polymer-Matrix Composites (PMC) embedding ceramic and polymeric piezoelectric transducers. The primary objective was to enhance their intelligent functionality to establish experimental/numerical Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The numerical …
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Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Composites Exposed to Fire
One of the most critical issues for Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs) in naval applications is the structural performance of composites at high temperature such as that experienced in a fire. A three-dimensional model including the effect of orthotropic viscoelasticity and decomposition is developed …
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Graphene/Oxide Interactions with Polymer Networks Modeled Using Molecular Dynamics
… has shown great promise as an additive to Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs) for material property enhancement. Achieving homogeneous dispersion of the graphene platelets within a polymeric network is critical to realizing these enhancements. Research has shown that achieving homogeneous …
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In situ curing of polymeric composites via resistive heaters comprised of aligned carbon nanotube networks
The widespread application of polymer matrix composites (PMCs) has encouraged the use of nanofibers, especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs), to concurrently enhance the physical properties of such composites while adding multi-functionality. However, current-generation manufacturing routes of PMCs have …
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Exploring the link between microstructure statistics and transverse ply fracture in carbon/epoxy composites
Damage evolution within polymer matrix composites (PMCs) is difficult to characterize, as variability arises in the material microstructure from manufacturing and in the local strength of the constituents, which is inherently statistical. Transverse failure of unidirectional plies is particularly …
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Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Pyrolysis-Derived Carbon-Matrix Composites
<p>Maturity of high-temperature polymer-reinforced composites defer to conventionally expensive and intensive methods in both material and manufacturing aspects. Even traditional carbon-carbon, aerogel, and ceramic approaches are highly limited by difficult manufacturing techniques and are subject …
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Mechanical response of polymer matrix composites using indentation stress-strain protocols
Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs) are an important material for many advanced applications due to their potential to combine critical mechanical properties with a high strength-to-weight ratio necessary for advancing automotive and aerospace applications. Such materials have been studied extensively …
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The Modernization of Large Power Transformer Tanks
… selection process favored two types of advanced Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs): Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer), and CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer).</p> <p>Numerical models were built and independently verified to examine the performance of the selected PMCs in ballistic simulations to …
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High-resolution numerical models for damage assessment in composite materials
… absorbing mechanisms of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite structures, under a variety of quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. This contribution presents several numerical strategies to evaluate the mechanical performance of these materials at their different length scales. …
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Improving the Quality of Laminates in Liquid Composite Molding Using Magnetic Compaction: Experiments and Process Model
… performance and environmental durability of composites. The focus of this dissertation is to tackle the important problems encountered with WLVB and VARTM to improve the quality of molded parts. The first part of this dissertation introduces a novel technique, magnet assisted composite …