Vitrimers: Associative dynamic covalent adaptive networks in thermoset polymers

B Krishnakumar, RVSP Sanka, WH Binder… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The vitrimer-thermoset concept represents an important contribution to improve the durability
and recyclability of thermoset-systems. The concept of Associative Dynamic Covalent …

Mechanical properties of hybrid polymer composites: a review

AK Sinha, HK Narang, S Bhattacharya - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2020 - Springer
Polymer composites have become one of the most important domains in recent times for
researchers. It is due to the fact that polymer composites possess better strength-to-weight …

[HTML][HTML] Catalyst free self-healable vitrimer/graphene oxide nanocomposites

B Krishnakumar, RVSP Sanka, WH Binder… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Catalyst free graphene oxide (GO) promoted self-healing vitrimer nanocomposites are
designed, where the synthesized vitrimer nanocomposites displays self-healing properties …

Multi-objective crashworthiness optimization of lattice structure filled thin-walled tubes

A Baykasoğlu, C Baykasoğlu, E Cetin - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Thin-walled tubes have been mostly used in passive vehicle safety systems as crash energy
absorber. With the use of additive manufacturing technology, it is possible to produce novel …

Quasi-static bending and transverse crushing behaviors for hat-shaped composite tubes made of CFRP, GFRP and their hybrid structures

D Chen, G Sun, X Jin, Q Li - Composite structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to characterize the crushing responses of hat-shaped composite tube under
quasi-static three-point bending (TPB) and transverse compression (TC) conditions. The …

Fabrication and curing properties of o-cresol formaldehyde epoxy resin with reversible cross-links by dynamic boronic ester bonds

Y Zeng, S Liu, X Xu, Y Chen, F Zhang - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Conventional cured o-Cresol Formaldehyde Epoxy Resin (o-CFER) with permanent
crosslink network is relatively stiff, brittle, and unrecyclable. In order to overcome these …

[HTML][HTML] Low-velocity impact response and compression after impact behavior of tubular composite sandwich structures

C Zhang, KT Tan - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This work investigates the dynamic impact response of tubular composite structures
with/without honeycomb sandwich core under transverse low-velocity impact (LVI) and …

Crashworthiness of graded lattice structure filled thin-walled tubes under multiple impact loadings

E Cetin, C Baykasoğlu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to investigate the crashworthiness performances of graded
lattice structure filled tubes (GLSFTs) under multiple impact loadings. Different graded body …

Tribological behaviour of fibre-reinforced thermoset polymer composites: A review

S Kumar, KK Singh - … Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Application of fibre-reinforced polymer composites has increased over the last two decades
as compared to conventional materials. This improvement in the application of fibre …

[HTML][HTML] The crashworthiness performance of stacking sequence on filament wound hybrid composite energy absorption tube subjected to quasi-static compression …

MSA Bakar, MS Salit, MZM Yusoff, ES Zainudin… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the energy absorption response of hybrid kenaf/glass fibre-reinforced
epoxy when subjected to an axial quasi-static compression load with the effect of three …