Synthesis and modifications of epoxy resins and their composites: a review

NR Paluvai, S Mohanty, SK Nayak - Polymer-Plastics Technology …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article is designed to review the developments in synthesis, modifications, and
properties of epoxy monomers derived from both petroleum and renewable resources. It …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of mendable composites containing self-healing thermoplastic agents

K Pingkarawat, CH Wang, RJ Varley… - Composites Part A …, 2014 - Elsevier
The tensile and compressive properties of mendable composites containing thermoplastic
particles as self-healing agents are assessed in this paper. The effects of the type and …

Review of current strategies to induce self-healing behaviour in fibre reinforced polymer based composites

S Van der Zwaag, AM Grande, W Post… - Materials science …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper addresses the various strategies to induce self-healing behaviour in fibre
reinforced polymer based composites. A distinction is made between the extrinsic and …

Healing of fatigue delamination cracks in carbon–epoxy composite using mendable polymer stitching

K Pingkarawat, CH Wang, RJ Varley… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents an experimental investigation into the mode I delamination fatigue
properties and fatigue crack healing mechanism of a self-healing carbon fibre–epoxy …

Low-molecular-weight thermoplastic modifiers as effective healing agents in mendable epoxy networks

RJ Varley, B Dao, C Pillsbury… - Journal of intelligent …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Solid-state healing of epoxy networks is shown to be an effective and robust mechanism for
highly cross-linked epoxy networks. Using diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A epoxy resin and …

Effect of using miscible and immiscible healing agent on solid state self-healing system

SM Makenan, MSM Jamil - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this study is to identify the effect of using various healing agent which are
miscible; poly (bisphenol-A-co-epichlorohydrin), and immiscible; poly (ethylene-co-acetate) …

[PDF][PDF] Healing of Aerospace Carbon-Epoxy Composites Using Thermoplastic Agents

K Pingkarawat - 2014 - researchrepository.rmit.edu.au
Research by Meure et al [74] and work presented in Chapter 3 show that EMAA is an
effective repair agent for epoxy based composites. However, the healing process must be …