Weathering rind retains the greatest extent of the mineralogical and chemical composition information of the original mineral. Recently, we found some brownish-yellow or khaki serpentine jade weathering rinds with a thickness of 0.2–0.6 cm in J...
The chemical content, mechanical capability, and dimensional stability of bamboo fibers (BFs) are all directly related to the hygroscopic behavior, which is crucial for industrial applications. To support the utilization of BFs, the structural and ch...
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Obesity rates in the U.S. are associated with area-level, food-related characteristics. Studies have previously examined the role of structural racism (policies/practices that advantaged White Americans and deprived other racial/ethnic minority group...
A G-rich sequence containing three loops to connect four G-tracts with each ≥2 guanines can possibly form G-quadruplex structures. Given that all G-quadruplex structures comprise the stacking of G-quartets, the loop sequence plays a major role on...
Gasification technology enables the clean and efficient utilization of coal. However, the process generates a significant amount of solid waste—coal gasification slag. This paper focuses on the Jinhua furnace coal gasification slag (fine slag,...
The most promising direction for obtaining a unique combination of difficult-to-combine properties of low-carbon steels is the formation of a dispersed ferrite microstructure and a volumetric system of nanoscale phase precipitates. This study was aim...
In an increasingly diversified global market, milk of minor dairy species has gained interest as a novel and premium source of nutrition. Relative to the major dairy species, much is lacking in our understanding of red deer (Cervus elaphus) milk. In...
Experimental series of alloys for (Sm,Zr)(Co,Cu,Fe)Z permanent magnets are presented in the concentration ranges that provide wide variations of (4f)/(4d)/(3d) ratios of comprising elements. Optical metallographic analysis, observation of the surface...
A systematic study for the preparation and structural analysis of poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) composite nanospheres (PSA) and silver nanoparticles loaded poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) composite nanospheres (nAg@PSA) is reported. Poly(styrene-co-acr...
As the genome carries the historical information of a species’ biotic and environmental interactions, analyzing changes in genome structure over time by using powerful statistical physics methods (such as entropic segmentation algorithms, fluct...
In recent years, the use of composite materials in structural applications has been observed. The composites have revolutionized the field of materials and allow for interesting and new developments in different engineering branches. At the same time...
This study presents a comprehensive review of the history of research and development of different damage-detection methods in the realm of composite structures. Different fields of engineering, such as mechanical, architectural, civil, and aerospace...
This paper provides a brief review on modeling of composite structures. Composite structures in this paper refer to any structure featuring anisotropy and heterogeneity, including but not limited to their traditional meaning of composite laminates ma...
The article presents the chemical composition of vermiculite ores from the Kulantau deposits and the atomic structure of vermiculite during dehydration, in 1-, 2- and 3-layer hydrated states. It has been shown that vermiculites from deposits in the T...
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is essential for ensuring the safety and longevity of laminated composite structures. Their favorable strength-to-weight ratio renders them ideal for the automotive, marine, and aerospace industries. Among various n...
With the increased use of composites in aircraft, many new successful contributions to the advancement of the structural health monitoring (SHM) field for composite aerospace structures have been achieved. Yet its application is still not often seen...
Achieving the full potential of wind energy in the global renewable transition depends critically on enhancing the performance and reliability of polymer composite components. This review synthesizes recent advances from 2022 to 2025, including the d...
For steel–concrete composite structure, a new type of stud–PBL composite shear connector can improve the shear resistance of steel–concrete interface, and polypropylene fiber ceramsite concrete can reduce the self-weight. Therefore,...
Modular structural systems have been used increasingly for low- and mid-rise structures such as schools and apartment buildings, and applications are extending to high-rise buildings. To provide sufficient resistance and economical construction of th...
Mimicking natural structures has been highly pursued recently in composite structure design to break the bottlenecks in the mechanical properties of the traditional structures. Bone has a remarkable comprehensive performance of strength, stiffness an...
Solid electrolytes, including polymer electrolytes, are a promising option for improving the performance of environmentally friendly batteries such as rechargeable lithium-ion batteries or fuel cells. Hydrogen–oxygen fuel cells producing only w...
Following the rising technological advancements on composite marine structures, there is a corresponding surge in the demand for its deployment as ocean engineering applications. The push for exploration activities in deep waters necessitates the nee...
The integration of antennas in composite structures is gaining popularity with advances in wireless communications and the ever-increasing demands for efficient smart structures. Efforts are ongoing to ensure that antenna-embedded composite structure...
Advanced composite materials have excellent performance and broad engineering application prospects, and have received widespread attention in recent years. Advanced composite materials can mainly be divided into fiber-reinforced composite materials,...
To study the influence of structure size and composite forms on the mechanical properties of the composite double honeycomb sandwich structure, a composite double honeycomb sandwich structure was initially designed. The dynamic response of a composit...
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an emerging paradigm of real-time in situ structural evaluation for the detection of damage and structural degradation. This is achieved while the structure is kept in-service as against traditional non-destructi...
Many marine energy systems designers and developers are beginning to implement composite materials into the load-bearing structures of their devices, but traditional mold-making costs for composite prototyping are disproportionately high and lead tim...
Within the double-sided countersunk riveting process of aircraft wings with a composite wedge structure, riveting consistency is poor, and composite damage is severe, which seriously affects the performance and reliability of the aircraft structure....
In this work, the aerodynamic and structural design of the fairing for vehicles was carried out. The Rankine half body theory, which is one of the theories being used for the aircraft gas turbine engine inlets and turboprop nose cones was adopted for...
This review article provides an in-depth exploration of the recent advancements in the seismic analysis and design of steel–concrete composite structures, as reflected in the literature from the last ten years. It investigates key factors, such...
In the marine industry, the search for sustainable methods, materials, and processes, from the product’s design to its end-of-life stages, is a necessity for combating the negative consequences of climate change. In this context, the lightening...
Among composites, we can distinguish periodic structures, biperiodic structures, and structures with a functional gradation of material properties made of two or more materials. The selection of the composite’s constituent materials and the way...
In-service structural health monitoring of composite aircraft structures plays a key role in the assessment of their performance and integrity. In recent years, Fibre Optic Sensors (FOS) have proved to be a potentially excellent technique for real-ti...
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bridges are usually constructed for rapid installation. The durability of the bridge is increased by stiffness, strength to weight ratio, and corrosion resistance. The main factors on which the design of the c...
The research is focused on the design and development of woven textile-based structural hollow composites. E-Glass and high tenacity polyester multifilament yarns were used to produce various woven constructions. Yarn produced from cotton shoddy (fib...
With cyclohexane (CH), benzene (BE), and ethyl acetate (EA) as solvents, Naomaohu lignite (NL, a typical oil-rich, low-rank coal) from Hami, Xinjiang, was thermally dissolved (TD) to obtain three types of soluble organics (NLCH, NLBE, and NLEA) and t...
Composite structures are made of multidirectional (MD) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates, which fail due to multiple damages in matrix, interface, and fiber constituents at different scales. The yield point of a unidirectional FRP co...
The abrasive wear resistance of zirconia toughened alumina (ZTA) ceramic particle reinforced high chromium cast iron (HCCI) composites has been systematically investigated using a moving wedge type of apparatus. The results of three-body abrasive wea...
This paper presents a study of the electrical and mechanical behavior of several continuous carbon fibers epoxy composites for both strengthening and monitoring of structures. In these composites, the arrangement of fibers was deliberately diversifie...
Innovative multifunctional materials that combine structural functionality with other spacecraft subsystem functions have been identified as a key enabling technology for future deep space missions. In this work, we report the structure and performan...
This paper focuses on the finite element analysis simulation of the impact properties of composite sandwich structures made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer lamina. In the existing studies, the composite sandwich structures with A-shaped cores have...
Characterization of porous materials is essential for predicting and modeling their adsorption performance, strength, and durability. However, studies on the optimization of the pore structure to efficiently remove pollutants in the atmosphere by phy...
This work studies the phase composition, structure and mechanical properties of composite materials obtained by high-temperature vacuum sintering of SHS-fabricated CrNi–TiN powders synthesized in semi-industrial-scale production conditions. It was fo...
Active sensing using ultrasonic guided waves (UGW) is widely investigated for monitoring possible damages in composite structures. Recently, a novel diagnosed film based on a circuit-printed technique with piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT)...
Armor composite structures have attracted interest in structural health monitoring (SHM) for their applications in damage localization. The signal propagation and the frequency dispersion features of the Lamb wave signal on thick armor composite stru...
This article provides an in-depth exploration of the current state of research in microwave-absorbing composite materials, juxtaposing the status quo of coating type and structurally reinforced resin-based composites, with a particular emphasis on th...
In order to boost the electromechanical coupling factor and decrease the characteristic impedance, a 1-3 piezoelectric composite with a 3-tier polymer structure was designed and fabricated, in which epoxy resin constitutes the middle layer and silico...
With the increasing application and study of lightweight and high strength fiber reinforced polymer composites in ocean industry, the structural failure problem of composite pressure hulls has attracted great attention from many researchers in China...
Composite sandwich structures play a significant role in various engineering applications due to their excellent strength-to-weight ratio, durability, fatigue life, acoustic performance, damping characteristics, stealth performance, and energy absorp...
Composites based on Al-Fe alloys and reinforced with three-layer graphene sheets were synthesized “in situ” under a layer of molten salts. Composites containing 0.12 wt.% graphene were subjected to severe plastic deformation via high-pres...
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