Fibers are essential in reinforcing the mechanical properties of ultra-high performance
concrete (UHPC), particularly the tensile and flexural strength. This paper conducts a …

Flexural properties is one of the important parameters for the evaluation of buried pipeline
ultraviolet cured-in-place pipe (UV-CIPP) rehabilitation effectiveness. The flexure failure …

Programmable shape memory polylactic acid (SMPLA) fabricated using fused deposition
modeling (FDM) technique has attracted broad interest in recent years. However, the effect …

As the major manufacturing methods for short fiber reinforced polymer (SFRP) composites,
extrusion compounding and injection molding techniques usually lead to complex fiber …

The induction heating process elicits a heating response in a carbon fiber reinforced
polymer (CFRP) composite distinctly different from those in metal. Prior work in our lab and …

Industrial composite fiber has been widely used in the high-end manufacturing because of
its superior stiffness and strength. To ensure the quality of composite fiber placement in …

Large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) is a branch of additive manufacturing (AM)
research with the ability to create large structures typically measuring several meters in …

Due to their lightweight potential, the use of fiber-reinforced polymers is the current standard
for many technical fields of application. Especially, the automotive and aerospace sectors …

As space structures become larger, lighter, and deployable, thermal deflections induced by
sunlight become a significant source of structural inaccuracy and even spacecraft vibration …

The orientation in composite materials determines the mechanical properties of the
structure. Different orientations have different usages, and by combining multiple layers with …