Tribology review of blended bulk polymers and their coatings for high-load bearing applications

EE Nunez, R Gheisari, AA Polycarpou - Tribology International, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study reviews tribology research on bulk polymers and coatings, employed in
several applications, including air-conditioning, refrigeration, and thrust pad bearings …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of polycaprolactone for bone tissue engineering scaffolds: In vitro degradation and biological studies

Y Hou, W Wang, P Bartolo - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most recognized polymeric materials used for bone
tissue engineering scaffold fabrication. This study aims to evaluate the effects of the …

Friction stir welding of polymers: An overview

A Zafar, M Awang, SR Khan - 2nd international conference on mechanical …, 2017 - Springer
Friction stir welding, a solid state joining process is an already proven technique for the
welding of metals. Lately, it has been employed on polymers, which also have shown …

Hybrid additive manufacturing of highly sustainable polylactic acid-carbon fiber-polylactic acid sandwiched composite structures: optimization and machine learning

V Thakur, R Kumar, R Kumar… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Carbon fibre (CF) based polymeric composites are being used in automobile and aviation
applications due to their lightweight, excellent mechanical and physical properties. In this …

Solvent vapor treatment improves mechanical strength of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers

A Rianjanu, A Kusumaatmaja, EA Suyono, K Triyana - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
Electrospun nanofibers of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) have poor mechanical strength. As such
their use has often been avoided, particularly in applications that require high mechanical …

Enhancing interface compatibility in high-filled coal gangue/polyethylene composites through silane coupling agent-mediated interface modification

C Li, H Liao, H Gao, F Cheng - Composites Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the profound impact of surface modification using the silane coupling
agent KH550 on Coal Gangue (CG)-Polyethylene (PE) composites. The aim was to enhance …

Comparison of wear behaviour of LM13 Al− Si alloy based composites reinforced with synthetic (B4C) and natural (ilmenite) ceramic particles

R GUPTA, T NANDA, OP Pandey - … of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2021 - Elsevier
Dry sliding wear behaviour of stir-cast aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) containing
LM13 alloy as matrix and ceramic particles as reinforcement was investigated. Two different …

[HTML][HTML] Friction and Wear characteristics of CF/PEEK against 431 stainless steel under high hydrostatic pressure water lubrication

Z Guan, D Wu, Q Cheng, Z Wang, M Tang, Y Liu - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
The influence of high hydrostatic pressure on tribological characteristics of carbon fiber
reinforced Poly-ether-ether-ketone (CF/PEEK) against 431 stainless steel (431SS) was …

Date palm surface fibers for green thermal insulation

M Raza, HA Abdallah, A Abdullah, B Abu-Jdayil - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Some of the major challenges of the twenty-first century include the continued increase in
energy consumption and environmental pollution. One approach to overcoming these …

Influence of chemical synthesis process on the properties of calcium hydroxide nanoparticles

P Kumar, J Kumari, L Kumar, A Salim, R Singhal… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work was to study the effect of the synthesis process on the
properties of Ca (OH) 2 nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized using chemical precipitation …