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Lightweight polyaniline-cobalt coated fly ash cenosphere composite film for electromagnetic interference shielding
Thermal power plant’s solid environmental waste fly ash cenosphere (FAC) is cobalt coated chemically and functionalized by in situ synthesis of polyaniline (PANI) under nitrogen atmosphere at −30 ± 2 °C and chara...
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Post-failure Analysis and Fractography of In-plane Tension-Tested Tufted Carbon Fabric-Reinforced Epoxy Composite Laminates
Tufted and plain unidirectional carbon fabric-reinforced epoxy composite laminates were fabricated by vacuum-enhanced resin infusion technology and subjected to in-plane tensile tests with a view to study the ...
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Influence of Surface Texture and Roughness of Softer and Harder Counter Materials on Friction During Sliding
Surface texture influences friction during sliding contact conditions. In the present investigation, the effect of surface texture and roughness of softer and harder counter materials on friction during slidin...
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Response of Materials During Sliding on Various Surface Textures
In the present investigation, soft materials, such as Al-4Mg alloy, high-purity Al and pure Mg pins were slid against hard steel plates of various surface textures to study the response of materials during sli...
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Effects of microballoons’ size and content in epoxy on compressive strength and modulus
Five slabs containing volume of microballoons ranging from 33.4 to 51.5% and all belonging to a size range of 65–100 μm were made. In order to study the effect of size range, another slab, but belonging to a b...
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Effects of surface treatments and size of fly ash particles on the compressive properties of epoxy based particulate composites
Particulate reinforcements for polymers are selected with dual objective of improving composite properties and save on the total cost of the system. In the present study fly ash, an industrial waste with good ...
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Compressive fracture features of syntactic foams-microscopic examination
Syntactic foams made by mechanical mixing of polymeric binder and hollow spherical particles are used as core materials in sandwich structured materials. Low density of such materials makes them suitable for w...
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Studies on compressive failure features in syntactic foam material
Syntactic foam made by mechanical mixing of glass hollow spheres in epoxy resin matrix is characterized for compressive properties in the present study. Volume fraction of hollow spheres in the syntactic foam ...
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Static and impact behaviour of thermoplastic modified glass fabric/epoxy composites
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On the elastic-plastic behaviour of woven fabric kevlar/epoxy composites
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Fibre-matrix interfacial failure sequences in translaminar flexure of glass-epoxy composites
A detailed fractographic analysis is reported for the fibre-matrix interfacial failure sequences in the translaminar flexure testing of glass-epoxy composites of two different resin formulations. The influence...
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Development of a new wear index in slurry erosion tests on steels
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Flexural studies on asymmetric hybrid Kevlar fabric/epoxy composites
For composites reinforced with Kevlar fabrics, the method of asymmetric hybridization is employed for the improvement of flexural properties such as maximum fibre yield stress and modulus of elasticity in bend...
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Analysis of deformation behaviour and fracture features in glass-epoxy composites toughened by rubber and carbon additions
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Influence of alumina particle additions on the mechanical properties and fracture features of glass-epoxy composites
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Some hygrothermal effects on the mechanical behaviour and fractography of glass-epoxy composites with modified interface
The mechanical behaviour of glass fibre-reinforced epoxy composites with introduced layers of materials and with fibre coating is studied. The role of aerosil powder as a filler material is investigated, and t...
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Fracture surface characterization of epoxy-based GFRP laminates
Fractographic investigation has been carried out on glass fabric-epoxy composite laminates using scanning electron microscopy. Focusing on the flexural failure of lap shear specimens, some unique fracture feat...
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Effect of post-curing on the mechanical properties and fracture features of some glass-phenolic composites
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Microstructural and kinetic aspects of devitrification of Fe40Ni40B20 metallic glass
The crystallization characteristics of Vitrovac 0040 commercial glass with a composition of Fe40Ni40B20 have been investigated in detail using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, optical and ele...
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The effect of carbon coating on the flexural properties of Kevlar/epoxy composites