Factors affecting direct lightning strike damage to fiber reinforced composites: A review

V Kumar, T Yokozeki, C Karch, AA Hassen… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) or Glass Fiber Reinforced
Plastics (GFRPs) have become a very common material for aircraft and wind turbine …

Interleaved MWCNT buckypaper between CFRP laminates to improve through-thickness electrical conductivity and reducing lightning strike damage

V Kumar, S Sharma, A Pathak, BP Singh… - Composite …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the recent development in fabrication of various electrically conductive composites
using various conductive fillers, there is a new trend among researchers to realize …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of through-thickness electrical conductivity of CFRPs on lightning strike damages

V Kumar, T Yokozeki, T Okada, Y Hirano, T Goto… - Composites Part A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Making carbon fiber reinforced plastics electrically conductive is an amended solution to the
current lightning strike protection technology. However, optimization of the through-thickness …

Q-Carbon as a Corrosion-Resistant Coating

S Karmakar, M Sultana, A Haque - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A newly discovered quenched form of carbon, widely known as Q-carbon, thin films are
synthesized by the direct conversion of the amorphous carbon layer using the nanosecond …

Persistence times of refractory materials in landfills: A review of rate limiting conditions by mass transfer and reaction kinetics

B Tansel - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Monitoring programs at closed landfills show that transformation of plastics, wood, and
metals continue long after the active decomposition of the waste fractions are considered as …

MXene reinforced thermosetting composite for lightning strike protection of carbon fiber reinforced polymer

V Kumar, P Yeole, A Majed, C Park, K Li… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ti3C2–a member of the MXenes (2D transition metal carbides and nitrides) family, is
investigated as an effective filler to improve the electrical, mechanical, and thermal …

Dynamical Change of Valence States and Structure in NiCu3 Nanoparticles during Redox Cycling

AC Foucher, N Marcella, JD Lee… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloyed materials are promising candidates to improve catalytic processes. Ni–Cu
nanoparticles are used for various reactions, including processes with biomass-derived …

The influence of elastic pads deterioration in the fastening system on the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle-turnout system

Z Zheng, J Hu, Y Qian, J Xu, M Hou - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2025 - Elsevier
The deterioration of the elastic pads in the fastening system in high-speed turnout areas
increases longitudinal stiffness irregularities along the track, posing potential hazards to …

Corrosion failure analysis of a cooling system of an injection mold

DS Kharytonau, M Zimowska, J Gurgul… - Engineering Failure …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-pressure injection molding is an important industrial process, which requires a precise
cooling stage. In this work, we analyzed the reasons for the corrosion failure of the cooling …

Resilience analysis of multi-state systems with time-dependent behaviors

Z Zeng, S Du, Y Ding - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
Most of existing resilience models assume that system performances are continuous. In this
paper, we consider resilience modeling and analysis for multi-state systems, whose …