Lightweight materials and structures have attracted tremendous interests for their compelling
advantages in a range of engineering problems that have placed heightened requirements …

Energy absorbing structures made from composite materials are lightweight, fuel
economical and environmentally friendly. In spite of these advantages, some issues have to …

With growing inclination towards the eco-friendly technology, natural fiber based polymer
composite materials have been gaining a lot of momentum nowadays. The present review …

Several natural fibres such as hemp, flax, sisal, kenaf and jute have been used in different
industrial applications. Recently, natural fibres have drawn the interest of researchers …

The custom of hybridization fibre composite in energy absorption tube application has
gained the attention of structural crashworthiness in composite material industry. Thus, the …

With the growing interest in bio-based composites as alternatives to traditional glass fibre
reinforced composites (GFRPs), there has been a persistent rise in the commercial use of …

It is advised to add cuts as circular holes to constructions' walls for technical requirements
such as the assembly and to reduce the weight. Since these induced cutouts have a …

The collapse characteristics and energy absorption capability of G827/5224 composite
tubes with different fiber orientation and wall thickness were studied under axial quasi-static …

Novel bamboo composite tubes were proposed to overcome the defects of original bamboo
tubes, such as their irregular cross-section size, their limited tube diameter, and the major …

The crashworthiness testing of carbon/epoxy composite tubes is conducted in this study, and
the corresponding energy-absorbing parameters and failure morphology are discussed …