Recent developments in the manufacturing technologies of composite components and their cost-effectiveness in the automotive industry: A review study

MS Sarfraz, H Hong, SS Kim - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Regulations to reduce emissions and make automobiles more energy-efficient require
supplemental sustainable development. Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), especially those …

Micro and mesomechanics of fibre reinforced composites using mean field homogenization formulations: A review

A Jain - Materials Today Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Efficient deployment of composites necessitates robust modelling approaches for
homogenization and micromechanics calculations. Mean field homogenization (MFH) …

Effect of printing speed on tensile and fracture behavior of ABS specimens produced by fused deposition modeling

P Rezaeian, MR Ayatollahi, A Nabavi-Kivi… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current paper deals with the influence of printing speed on the tensile and fracture
strength of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) specimens made by Fused Deposition …

Determination of the representative volume element model critical size for carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites

W Bai, Z Gong, Y Li, J Liu - Composites Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The critical size is a prerequisite to accurately evaluate mechanical properties by utilizing
the representative volume element (RVE) model. This study proposes a method to …

Study of the effect of void defects on the mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites

W Bai, L He, L Peng - Mechanics of Advanced Materials and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study is to investigate the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)
composites considering void defects by adopting a representative volume element model …

Experimental Characterization of Internal Structure and Physical Properties of Unidirectional Ply‐Level Hybrid Carbon Composite Material

M Casapu, I Fuiorea, M Arrigoni - Advanced Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The complexities associated with the response of carbon fiber composites to different
loading cases and methods of improving it without increasing their cost are still being …

Review and suggestion of failure theories in voids scenario for VARTM processed composite materials

VK Dhimole, P Serrao, C Cho - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fiber-reinforced composite structures are used in different applications due to their excellent
strength to weight ratio. Due to cost and tool handling issues in conventional manufacturing …

Effects of various porosities on the damage evolution behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy composites using acoustic emission and micro-CT

J Wang, W Zhou, Z Wei, Z Ding… - Journal of Composite …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Void defects can reduce the mechanical properties of composites and increase the potential
danger of composite components in service. The effects of various porosities on damage …

Effect of Silicon Carbide Fiber Length on the Flexural Strength and Flexural Modulus of Short Silicon Carbide Fiber-Reinforced Resin

N Taka, Y Aoyagi, K Miida, M Kanatani… - Journal of Functional …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Silicon carbide fibers have superior flexural properties and chemical stability compared to
glass fibers. We investigated the flexural strength and modulus of an experimental, short …

Effect of thickness variation on static behaviour of carbon fiber reinforced polymer multidirectional laminated composite

A Vishwakarma, A Behera, MM Thawre… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper illustrates the thickness effect on theoretical and experimental static strength of
cross-ply [0, 90] Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite. Three cross-ply carbon …