Recent advancements in the applications of fiber‐reinforced polymer structures in railway industry—A review

A Saeedi, M Motavalli, M Shahverdi - Polymer Composites, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The application of fiber‐reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials and structures in
various industrial sectors is expanding significantly to meet the rising demand for efficient …

A review on shape memory alloy reinforced polymer composite materials and structures

J Bhaskar, AK Sharma, B Bhattacharya… - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Imparting controllable flexural rigidity into a material system is one of the key motivations for
the design of intelligent materials for structural applications. In this direction, shape memory …

On the nonlinear dynamics and flutter response of hybrid shape memory alloy composite beams

Q Zhang, F Semperlotti - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a theoretical and numerical investigation of the dynamic response of a
hybrid SMA composite beam. Particular emphasis is given to the evaluation of the …

Dynamic experimental study of nitinol wire-reinforced composite structures

DM Junqueira, MB Francisco, JLJ Pereira… - Mechanics of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the advantages of both the metallic and glass fiber qualities, glass fiber reinforced
metal layers are one of the best impact resistant materials. Shape memory alloys have also …

A comprehensive exploration of shape memory alloys: Fundamentals, structural reinforcements, nano-analysis, machine learning perspective, and emerging …

EK Kumar, SS Patel, SK Panda, BK Patle… - Mechanics of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are widely used across various industries, including medicine,
due to their inherent properties such as the shape memory effect, pseudo-elasticity …

On the nonlinear analysis of pre-strained shape memory alloy beams

Q Zhang, H Zhu, F Semperlotti - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a theoretical and numerical investigation of the transverse dynamic response of
monolithic Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) beams under the effect of axial pre-strains. The SMA …

Optimization of a shift in the natural frequency of a nitinol-reinforced composite beam

RA Patil, SB Rane, SB Kumbhar - International Journal on Interactive …, 2024 - Springer
Many engineering applications are being developed using smart adaptive composites to
tailor their static and dynamic performance. Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) reinforced …

Evaluation of repeated high velocity impact on polymer-based composites reinforced with basalt and Kevlar fibers

M Khazaie, R Eslami-Farsani, A Saeedi - Materials Today Communications, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, the influence of laminate thickness on the resistance to repeated high
velocity impacts of basalt, Kevlar, and basalt-Kevlar fibers hybrid reinforced epoxy …

The low-velocity impact and compression after impact (CAI) behavior of foam core sandwich panels with shape memory alloy hybrid face-sheets

Y Wu, Y Wan - Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, 2019 - degruyter.com
Due to the properties of shape memory effect and super-elasticity, shape memory alloy
(SMA) is added into glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) face-sheets of foam core …

Nitinol wire-reinforced GLAREs as a novel impact resistant material: An experimental study

M Osfouri, O Rahmani - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Glass-fiber-reinforced aluminum layers (GLARE) are one of the excellent impact resistant
materials, benefited from both the metal and glass fibers properties. Owing to their high …