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

Currently, the application of pultruded profiles is increasing owing to their advantages, such
as light weight, high strength, improved durability, corrosion resistance, ease of …

Abstract The GRP (Glass Reinforced Polymer) composite pipes produced by filament
winding technique are used in many fields such as the transmission of pressurized chemical …

This paper presents an enhanced artificial neural network (ANN) to predict the displacement
in composite pipes impacted by a drop weight having different velocities. The impact …

Fibre-based polymer composites are used in applications were there is the risk of an
explosive blast. This paper presents a comprehensive review of published research into the …

Despite the abundance of studies investigating the performance of composite structures
under crush loading, disagreement remains in the literature regarding the effect of increased …

In this research, empty and polyurethane-foam filled natural flax fabric reinforced epoxy
composite tubes were fabricated using a hand lay-up process. These circular flax/epoxy …

This paper details the theory and implementation of a composite damage model, addressing
damage within a ply (intralaminar) and delamination (interlaminar), for the simulation of …

Feasibility of basalt fibre composites for automotive crash applications has been analysed
and compared with E-glass fibre composites in the present study. Semi-hexagonal …

Semi-hexagonal glass/polyester composite structures with different fibre volume fractions
have been studied for automotive crash applications. Interlaminar shear strength and …