Light-weight materials have received a lot of attention lately in fabricating various
components for industrial applications, in particular for those in automotive and aerospace …

Carbon fiber (CF) reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset composites are on the rise for
research and new technologies, consequently, the use by many industries for applications in …

Crash boxes are important energy-absorbing components to ensure the passive safety of
automobile vehicles during crashworthiness. The current study presents an investigation of …

This paper presents an investigation into the use of newly pultruded glass-fibre reinforced
polypropylene (GFRPP) bars as reinforcement in concrete structures for marine applications …

Continuous fiber reinforcements are widely used to enhance mechanical properties of
composite materials, but the impregnation of continuous fiber reinforcements with …

Structural composites for electric vehicles should have lightweight, mechanically strong,
efficient electromagnetic shielding. Although thermoplastic composite material plays a …

For the manufacturing of composites, researchers all over the world have moved from
commercially available glass fibres to aramid fibres in recent years. The low density, ease of …

In this paper, a linear and highly polymerized thermoplastic epoxy (TPE) is treated as the
matrix to prepare the fully recyclable and high performance carbon fiber reinforced TPE …

Attapulgite (ATT) has never been used as a barrier additive in polypropylene (PP). As a filler,
ATT should be added in high content to PP. However, that would result in increased costs …

Fibre-reinforced thermoplastics are ubiquitously present in structural engineering
applications, making it essential to comprehensively understand their behavior under …