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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.

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas, I. Valdivia in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (2023)

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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...

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas, I. Valdivia in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (2023)

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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.

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas, I. Valdivia in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (2023)

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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...

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas, I. Valdivia in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (2023)

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    Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials

    Characterization and Computational Predictions of Mechanical Performance

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas in Synthesis Lectures on Mechanical Engineering (2023)

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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.

    V. Tuninetti, C. Medina, A. Salas, I. Valdivia in Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (2023)

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    Ultrafast carbon nanotubes growth on recycled carbon fibers and their evaluation on interfacial shear strength in reinforced composites

    The global demand for products manufactured with carbon fibers (CFs) has increased in recent years; however, the waste generated at the end of the product lifetime has also increased. In this research, the imp...

    A. Salas, C. Medina, J. T. Vial, P. Flores, C. Canales, V. Tuninetti in Scientific Reports (2021)