Mechanical properties of materials have long been one of the most fundamental and studied
areas of materials science for a myriad of applications. Recently, mechanical metamaterials …

Polymers are crucial constituents of modern electronic devices. They can be used in their
pristine, composite or nanocomposite forms for several domestic and industrial applications …

Fiber reinforced composites (FRCs) are more and more widely applied in dentistry to
substitute for metallic restorations: periodontal splints, fixed partial dentures, endodontic …

This is a book for people who love mechanics of composite materials and? MATLAB. We will
use the popular computer package MATLAB as a matrix calculator for doing the numerical …

Vitrimers, a class of polymeric networks that change their topology above a threshold
temperature, have been investigated in recent years. In order to further extend their …

Abstract Pultruded Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (PFRP) profiles are widely used as structural
elements in many civil infrastructure applications. However, the anisotropic elasticity and the …

This paper is devoted to solving the stacking sequence optimization problem of symmetrical
laminated composite cylindrical shells subjected to hydrostatic pressure. First, a …

Energy harvesting is attracting considerable attention in devices that cannot replace
exhausted batteries, where improving the energy harvesting efficiency of piezoelectric …

Composite materials are widely used in most industries due to their high specific strength,
specific stiffness, and their relatively lighter weight compared to other traditional materials …

Hollow box pultruded fibre-reinforced polymers (PFRP) profiles are increasingly used as
structural elements in many structural applications due to their cost-effective manufacturing …