Due to the special supporting condition, severe environment and high traffic load, pothole
distress becomes very common in steel bridge deck pavement (SBDP). In this paper, an …

Non-wovens are of emerging research and industrial importance due to the characteristic
high surface area, high porosity, high damage tolerance, and low cost. However strength …

Mechanical properties of short-fiber reinforced composites are crucially influenced by their
microstructure. The microstructure itself is mainly governed by the manufacturing process …

This paper reviews the main strategies used to simulate the mechanical behaviour of
nonwoven materials that is defined by a structure of their fibrous networks and a mechanical …

Having a unique microstructure composed of randomly-oriented polymer-based fibres,
nonwovens exhibit complex deformation characteristics. The most prominent one is the …

Understanding a mechanical behaviour of polymer-based nonwoven materials that include
large-strain deformation and damage can help to evaluate a response of nonwoven fibrous …

Fibrous networks are encountered in various natural and synthetic materials. Typically, they
have random microstructures with complex patterns of fibre distribution. This microstructure …

Recently, bicomponent fibers have been attracting much attention due to their unique
structural characteristics and properties. A common concern was how to characterize a …

In thermally bonded bi-component fibre nonwovens, a significant contribution is made by
bond points in defining their mechanical behaviour formed as a result of their manufacture …

A deformation behaviour of, and damage in, polymer-based thermally bonded nonwovens
was studied with a parametric finite-element model. Microstructure of the studied nonwoven …