This paper provides a comprehensive overview on the properties of electrospun nanofibers
and their application as reinforcements in composites. The paper first introduces the …

The rapidly developing technique of electrospinning has gained surging research interest
since the 1990s due to its capability of yielding continuous fibers with diameters down to the …

The susceptibility to delamination is one of the main concerns in fiber reinforced polymer
composites (FRPs). This work demonstrates improvements of 60% in Mode-I fracture …

In this study, the effects of interleaved nanofibre veils on the Mode I and Mode II interlaminar
fracture toughness (ILFT) of autoclave cured unidirectional carbon/epoxy composite …

Carbon fiber/epoxy (CF/EP) composites have been widely used as structural materials in
many aerospace applications owing to their superior specific strength and specific elastic …

As fiber reinforced plastic composites gain an increasingly larger share in aerospace
structures, the problem of joining them with metal elements becomes significant. The current …

Infusion processing methods have become a popular manufacturing alternative to the
autoclave procedure to meet the increased demand for high-performance composites with …

In the last few decades nanofibers have been developed and introduced in a vast number of
industrial and research applications. One of their most effective use is as interleaved …

Electrospun thermoplastic nanofibres have a large potential for the interlaminar toughening
of composite laminates. They can easily be placed in resin rich interlayers between …

Today, fiber-reinforced polymer composites are a standard material in applications where a
high stiffness and strength are required at minimal weight, such as aerospace structures …