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Journal of Composites Science, Volume 5, Issue 6

June 2021 - 24 articles

Cover Story: While an airbrake has already been designed for Endeavour’s Darwin I rocket, there is still room for curiosity-driven improvement. Here, a Flasher origami airbrake is designed as a bilayer composite of segmented quasi-isotropic CFRP on a carbon fibre woven membrane. When stowed, the airbrake has a 3D structure that aligns flush with the fuselage of the rocket; however, when actuated to an open state, it becomes a flat 2D plate that increases drag. The Flasher origami airbrake is lower in weight and volume and has a 6-fold higher drag-to-torque ratio than the current Darwin I airbrake design. This paper elucidates the noteworthy potential for the application of origami composite technologies in rocket engineering. View this paper.
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Articles (24)

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,687 Views
22 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Polymeric Wastewater Purification Membranes

  • Rasmeet Singh,
  • Mandeep Singh,
  • Nisha Kumari,
  • Janak,
  • Sthitapragyan Maharana and
  • Pragyansu Maharana

Synthetic membranes are currently employed for multiple separation applications in various industries. They may have been prepared from organic or inorganic materials. Present research majorly focuses on polymeric (i.e., organic) membranes because th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,332 Views
14 Pages

The Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) phenomenon or dynamic strain aging in Al–0.5 wt. % Mg alloys was investigated at different strain rates. This research also examined the effect of γAl2O3 nanoparticles on the PLC phenomenon. A nanocomposite made of A20...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,770 Views
9 Pages

Mathematical Simulation of the Wettability of Al2O3 Substrate through Different Aluminum Alloys

  • Enrique Rocha-Rangel,
  • José A. Rodríguez-García,
  • José A. Castillo-Robles,
  • Eddie N. Armendáriz Mireles and
  • Carlos A. Calles-Arriaga

The wetting process of a ceramic substrate (Al2O3) with and without carbon coating by means of aluminum-based alloys has been investigated. A mathematical simulation that predicts wettability in the systems under study is proposed, taking into accoun...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,344 Views
24 Pages

Chitosan composite fibrous materials continue to generate significant interest for wastewater treatment, food packaging, and biomedical applications. This relates to the relatively high surface area and porosity of such fibrous chitosan materials tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,594 Views
15 Pages

Due to their process-induced porous surfaces, additively manufactured structures are not optimized for applications in which friction is a key factor. To improve the frictional properties of additively manufactured titanium inserts of various thickne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,100 Views
10 Pages

We report on dispersions and thin films of chromatic conductive nanocomposites of poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s (PPEs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) generated via solution mixing. The linear, conjugated PPEs with dialkyl- and dialkyloxy-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
5,682 Views
15 Pages

Development and Mechanical Characterisation of Al6061-Al2O3-Graphene Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites

  • Satish Babu Boppana,
  • Samuel Dayanand,
  • Bharath Vedashantha Murthy,
  • Madeva Nagaral,
  • Aravinda Telagu,
  • Vijee Kumar and
  • Virupaxi Auradi

MMC based on aluminium (Al) were produced for light-weight applications especially in aviation and automobile areas. Present paper deals with the fabrication and mechanical performance of AA6061 matrix composites fortified with Al2O3 (alumina) and gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,126 Views
23 Pages

Impact of Fly Ash on Time-Dependent Properties of Agro-Waste Lightweight Aggregate Concrete

  • Mehdi Maghfouri,
  • Vahid Alimohammadi,
  • Pejman Azarsa,
  • Iman Asadi,
  • Yashar Doroudi and
  • Balamohan Balakrishnan

The utilization of by-products and waste materials to substitute for the natural or manufactured resources is considered as a practical way to obtain green building materials. In concrete mixtures, amongst the many available options, Fly Ash (FA) as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,600 Views
18 Pages

A Multi-Scale Method for Designing Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Composite Drive Shafts with Carbon Nanotube Inclusions

  • Stelios K. Georgantzinos,
  • Panagiotis A. Antoniou and
  • Stylianos I. Markolefas

In this paper, the modal and linear buckling analysis of a laminated composite drive shaft reinforced by 11 multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was carried out using an analytical approach, as well as the finite element method (FEM). The theoretic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,957 Views
15 Pages

Understanding the Coupling Effect between Lignin and Polybutadiene Elastomer

  • Sakrit Hait,
  • Debapriya De,
  • Prasenjit Ghosh,
  • Jagannath Chanda,
  • Rabindra Mukhopadhyay,
  • Saikat Dasgupta,
  • Aladdin Sallat,
  • Muhannad Al Aiti,
  • Klaus Werner Stöckelhuber and
  • Sven Wießner
  • + 2 authors

From an environmental and economic viewpoint, it is a win–win strategy to use materials obtained from renewable resources for the production of high-performance elastomer composites. Lignin, being a renewable biomass, was employed as a functional fil...

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