Frontal polymerizations: from chemical perspectives to macroscopic properties and applications

BA Suslick, J Hemmer, BR Groce, KJ Stawiasz… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and processing of most thermoplastics and thermoset polymeric materials rely
on energy-inefficient and environmentally burdensome manufacturing methods. Frontal …

Sandwich structures for energy absorption applications: A review

F Tarlochan - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is crucial that proper engineering structures are designed as energy absorbers for high
dynamic loading situations, such as accidents, blasts, or impacts. The role of such structures …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute sustainability: Challenges to life cycle engineering

MZ Hauschild, S Kara, I Røpke - CIRP annals, 2020 - Elsevier
The global society faces huge challenges to meet the expanding needs of a growing
population within the constraints posed by a climate crisis and a strongly accelerated loss of …

Closed-loop systems to circular economy: A pathway to environmental sustainability?

S Kara, M Hauschild, J Sutherland, T McAloone - CIRP Annals, 2022 - Elsevier
The global society faces an existential threat if it fails to meet current and future material
needs of its populations, while staying within the carrying capacity of our planet. An …

Mechanical performances of lightweight sandwich structures produced by material extrusion-based additive manufacturing

SM Zaharia, LA Enescu, MA Pop - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing Process (ME-AMP) via Fused Filament
Fabrication (FFF) offers a higher geometric flexibility than conventional technologies to …

The influence of end-of-life regulation on vehicle material circularity: A comparison of Europe, Japan, Australia and the US

VK Soo, M Doolan, P Compston, JR Duflou… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
For many years, regulation and life cycle studies have focussed on reducing the
environmental footprint of vehicles. Despite the implementation of different end-of-life …

Critical life cycle inventory for aluminum die casting: A lightweight-vehicle manufacturing enabling technology

W Liu, T Peng, Y Kishita, Y Umeda, R Tang, W Tang… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Driven by the target of carbon neutrality, the vehicle industry is striving to implement energy
conservation and emission reduction (ECER). Aluminum (Al) alloy, which is an effective …

A literature review on life cycle tools fostering holistic sustainability assessment: An application in biocomposite materials

LJ Rodriguez, P Peças, H Carvalho… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainability of products and services has become a compulsory requirement and an
essential requirement for organizations, governments, markets and society in general …

[HTML][HTML] A parametric study of adhesive bonded joints with composite material using black-box and grey-box machine learning methods: Deep neuron networks and …

Z Gu, Y Liu, DJ Hughes, J Ye, X Hou - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The aerospace, automotive and marine industries have witnessed a rapid increase of using
adhesive bonded joints due to their advantages in joining dissimilar and/or new engineering …

Using life cycle costing (LCC) to select circular measures: A discussion and practical approach

ML Kambanou, T Sakao - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020 - Elsevier
The implementation of circular measures in businesses constitutes a solution to future
resource scarcity, which has yet to gain momentum. To select and implement such …