2026 July - 12 articles
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the flexural behavior of continuous beams strengthened with precast concrete plates. Ten rectangular concrete beams with a cross-section of 210 × 150 mm and a total length of 2400 mm were teste...
The degradation of the natural fibers in the hydraulic binder alkaline matrix is widely known. This study investigates the effect of two fiber treatments, namely immersion in sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution and hornification, in two types of alkalin...
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is an invasive aquatic plant with high lignocellulosic content, offering potential as a natural fiber resource for craft-based industries. However, its extremely high initial moisture content (≈95%) present...
In this study, a new approach to stabilizing polypropylene (PP) melts using the bio-based antioxidant propyl gallate (PG) is considered. Since PG is extensively used in the food and cosmetics fields and its low doses do not cause reactions in humans,...
This study reports the filament-making stage of a sequential single-screw process-development pathway for compatibilizer- and plasticizer-free soy hull fiber (SHF)/PLA biocomposites used in fused deposition modeling. Thirty-three filament-making tria...
Carbon fibers, whose origins are closely intertwined with precursor chemistry and processing conditions, have become indispensable structural lightweight materials due to their exceptional combination of low density, high tensile strength, and high s...
This study examines how yarn microstructure influences isothermal water-vapor transport and the associated evaporative heat loss under ISO 11092 skin-model conditions. Sweating guarded hotplate experiments were performed on PET yarn-array specimens t...
Expansive soil is highly susceptible to water-softening and desiccation cracking under alternating wet–dry conditions, often resulting in severe geotechnical and geological hazards. To mitigate these undesirable engineering properties, a compos...
Filament–wound carbon fiber composites are widely used in lightweight structural applications, where their mechanical performance is strongly affected by manufacturing-induced heterogeneities. In this study, the tensile behavior of carbon fiber...
In response to the increasing needs for environmentally friendly products, lignocellulosic natural fibers have been of interest as potential replacements for synthetic reinforcement materials in textiles, composites, and related applications. Among t...
This study examines the effect of small ply angle deviations on the structural response of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates representative of structures used in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A combined experimental and numerical approach...
Improvement of the engineering properties of soils by reinforcing them with fibers, at an appropriate percentage of the weight of dry soil, is frequently selected to ensure the safe construction and operation of many structures. However, the publishe...
