[HTML][HTML] Composite material recycling technology—state-of-the-art and sustainable development for the 2020s

AE Krauklis, CW Karl, AI Gagani… - Journal of Composites …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, significant events took place that added immensely to the sociotechnical pressure
for developing sustainable composite recycling solutions, namely (1) a ban on composite …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of environmental ageing of polymers and polymer composites—modular and multiscale methods

AE Krauklis, CW Karl, IBCM Rocha, J Burlakovs… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Service lifetimes of polymers and polymer composites are impacted by environmental
ageing. The validation of new composites and their environmental durability involves costly …

Accelerating multiscale finite element simulations of history-dependent materials using a recurrent neural network

F Ghavamian, A Simone - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
FE 2 multiscale simulations of history-dependent materials are accelerated by means of a
recurrent neural network (RNN) surrogate for the history-dependent micro level response …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the circular economy challenges—Composites recycling: Used tyres, wind turbine blades, and solar panels

K Korniejenko, B Kozub, A Bąk, P Balamurugan… - Journal of Composites …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transformation of waste into resources is an important part of the circular economy.
Nowadays, the recovery of materials in the most effective way is crucial for sustainable …

Degradation and mechanical performance of fibre-reinforced polymer composites under marine environments:–A review of recent advancements.

SM Hussnain, SZH Shah, PSM Megat-Yusoff… - Polymer Degradation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fibre-reinforced polymeric composites (FRPC), having better corrosion resistance, higher
strength-to-weight, and modulus-to-weight ratios, are widely utilised in automotive, wind …

Development of a hygrothermal constitutive model for epoxy resin considering the glass transition temperature and its applications

K Xu, L Liu, Z Zhao, G Luo, W Chen - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Epoxy resin, as a crucial constituent of aerospace-grade composites, is an important
consideration in designing composites for severing service conditions in terms of the …

[HTML][HTML] Reversible and irreversible effects on the epoxy GFRP fiber-matrix interphase due to hydrothermal aging

AE Krauklis, O Starkova, D Gibhardt, G Kalinka… - Composites Part C …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Epoxy R-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite plates were
hydrothermally aged at 60° C for 23, 75, and 133 days. The water content reached 0.97 wt …

[HTML][HTML] Micromechanics-based surrogate models for the response of composites: A critical comparison between a classical mesoscale constitutive model, hyper …

IBCM Rocha, P Kerfriden, FP van der Meer - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although being a popular approach for the modeling of laminated composites, mesoscale
constitutive models often struggle to represent material response for arbitrary load cases. A …

Mechanical and failure analysis of thick composites under hygrothermal conditions by a novel coupled hygro-thermo-mechanical multiscale algorithm

M Gholami, H Afrasiab, AM Baghestani… - Composites Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel coupled hygro-thermo-mechanical multiscale-APFEA (HTM-multiscale-APFEA)
algorithm is developed to precisely predict the mechanical and failure behavior of thick fiber …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical, mechanical and morphological investigation on the hygrothermal aging mechanism of a toughened epoxy

K Xu, W Chen, X Zhu, L Liu, Z Zhao, G Luo - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
A systematic investigation was implemented in this work to evaluate the effect of
hygrothermal aging on the chemistry, mechanics and morphology of a toughened epoxy …