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Introduction to Fiber-Reinforced Composites Materials
The most commonly used composite materials in engineering are glass or carbon fibers embedded in a matrix, usually a thermoset or thermoplastic polymer.
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Analysis and Prediction of Failure in FRP
The study of damage has been of a great interest to different scientific communities, and several theories or approaches have been generated to predict crack initiation, propagation, and degradation of materia...
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Mechanical Performance of FRC Manufactured from Recycled Carbon Fibers with Grown CNTs
This chapter presents the impact of the addition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the interlaminated resistance of recycled fibers.
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Out-of-Plane Compressive Fatigue Behavior of Unidirectional Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composite
Fiber composites are widely used in different technological industries given their high mechanical properties and low density. Applications for these materials are commonly found in passengers or freight trans...
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Impact of the Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes on the Transverse Compressive Strength and Damage
The composite material properties, which are directly related to the matrix and the reinforcement, are in general significantly weaker in the thickness direction than in the lamina plane directions.