Progress in self‐healing fiber‐reinforced polymer composites

A Cohades, C Branfoot, S Rae, I Bond… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper sets out to review the current state of the art in applying self‐healing/self‐repair to
high‐performing advanced fiber‐reinforced polymer composite materials (FRPs). A …

[HTML][HTML] Delamination toughening and healing performance of woven composites with hybrid z-fibre reinforcement

RB Ladani, K Pingkarawat, ATT Nguyen… - Composites Part A …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents an investigation of a novel three-dimensional (3D) hybrid fibre-polymer
composite material that has the unique combination of properties to both resist the growth …

Stitched shape memory alloy wires enhance damage recovery in self-healing fibre-reinforced polymer composites

A Cohades, N Hostettler, M Pauchard… - … Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
A major issue in composite technology is matrix micro-cracking due to low-velocity impact
damage, which may severely limit service lifetimes of composite parts. In a novel approach …