The use of X-ray computed tomography (CT), exploiting both synchrotron and laboratory
sources, has grown significantly over the last decade, driven primarily by improvements in …

A vision-based approach has been employed in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of
bridge infrastructure. The approach has many advantages: non-contact, non-destructive …

Several bamboo features are responsible for its known mechanical performance and thus
were applied on bionic thin-walled structures, still the particular geometry of individual …

Bamboo is considered a natural composite material comprised of a parenchymatic matrix
with radially arranged sclerenchyma bundles as reinforcement. Sclerenchyma density …

X-ray microtomography is a nondestructive, three-dimensional inspection technique applied
across a vast range of fields and disciplines, ranging from research to industrial …

Melt electrowriting (MEW) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique using thermoplastic
polymers to produce microscale structures, including scaffolds for tissue engineering. MEW …

Plant cellular materials present a complex arrangement responsible for their properties;
thus, investigating them is essential to understand their macro-performance. Noninvasive …

The properties of composite materials are highly dependent on the fiber and matrix fraction
and on the porosity resulting from micro voids. This paper addresses void content …

Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) has found emerging application in the aerospace,
biomedical and defence industries. However, the lack of reproducibility and quality issues …

The investigation of destruction processes in composite materials is a current problem for
their structural application and the improvement of their functional properties. This work …