Development of FRC Materials with Recycled Glass Fibers Recovered from Industrial GFRP-Acrylic Waste by Kishan Patel, Rishi Gupta, Mohit Garg, Boyu Wang, Urmil Dave

“…Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) and engineered cementitious composite materials have demonstrated promising requisite in construction industry owing to its superior mechanical and durability properties. …”
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Mechanical and Frictional Behavior of Jute-Textile-Reinforced Polymer Composites With Matrix Modification by Farhin Tabassum, M. R. Asekin, M. Salim Kaiser, S. Reaz Ahmed

“…Inclusion of carbon, silicon, and aluminum powders into the polyester resin leads to significant changes in the performance of the composite materials in terms of hardness, tensile, as well as wear and frictional properties. …”
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Frictional Performance and Temperature Rise of a Mining Nonasbestos Brake Material during Emergency Braking by Jiusheng Bao, Zengsong Li, Dongyang Hu, Yan Yin, Tonggang Liu

“…With the antifriction effect from lubricating film and the desquamating of composite materials, the mean friction coefficient decreases first, then rises, and decreases again with the increasing of initial braking velocity. …”
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Flexural characteristics of additively manufactured continuous fiber-reinforced honeycomb sandwich structures by Rafael Guerra Silva, Gustavo Morales Pavez

“…Previous studies have explored the potential of this technology to produce solid composite materials, but its potential for the production of sandwich panels has been limited. …”
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Study of the behavior of damaged low-velocity impact carbon/epoxy/AL2024-T3 hybrid laminates by Fatima Zohra Daouache, Amin Houari, Mourad Lounis, Lecheb Samir, Salah Amroune, Kouider Madani, Barhm Mohamad, Mohamed Belhouari

“…Low-velocity impact is a type of unintended aggression that causes severe harm to composite materials and can greatly diminish their residual resistance. …”
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Evaluation of Impact Energy Absorption by Natural Fiber Composites in Motorcycle Helmets by Tatiana Barbosa de Andrade, Carlos Roberto Hall Barbosa, Rosana Medeiros Moreira, Edilvando Pereira Eufrazio, Elcio Cruz de Oliveira

“…These findings underscore the potential of natural fibers in enhancing helmet safety and suggest promising directions for future research into the ideal composite materials for motorcycle helmets, an inquiry that is currently underway.…”
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Optimization of bonding parameters in diffusion bonding of Cu10Sn-B4C composites produced by P/M method by Ada Hakan, Özsoy Serkan

“…In this study, bronze matrix and B4C reinforced composite materials were produced by the P/M method, and diffusion bonding processes were applied to these materials in the experimental setup created by the Taguchi method. …”
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Influence of Reinforcement Load Level on Bearing Capacity of RC Beams Externally Reinforced with СFRP by Gennadiy A. Smolyago, Alexander E. Zhdanov, Yana L. Obernikhina

“…Most of the experimental investigations devoted to the study of the stress-strain state of bent reinforced concrete elements reinforced with carbon fiber-based polymer-composite materials have examined only unloaded beams or beams without preliminary cracks. …”
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Comprehensive reviews on technological and life cycle environmental aspects of solar–thermal adsorption refrigerator by Jun-Ki Choi, Anup Paudel, Bipin Karki, Katie Bradley, Natalie Quinn, Amy Ciric

“…This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in adsorption refrigeration technologies, including novel adsorbents like activated carbon–ethanol, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and composite materials designed to overcome critical challenges in heat and mass transfer. …”
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Study on the mechanics and self-sensing properties of ultrahigh-performance shotcrete containing waste glass aggregates by Jing Wang, Songze Wu, Yunlong Zhang, Xuesong Qian

“…The effects of glass sand and steel fibres on the mechanical and electrical properties of composite materials were analysed in this study. Furthermore, alkali‒silica reaction (ASR) tests and microstructural analyses were conducted. …”
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Detailed Spectroscopic and Structural Analysis of TiO2/WO3 Composite Semiconductors by Biborka Boga, István Székely, Zsolt Pap, Lucian Baia, Monica Baia

“…WO3-TiO2 composite materials were obtained using commercial titania (Evonik Aeroxide P25) and hydrothermally crystallized WO3. …”
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Synthesis of Cubic Phase-Co Microspheres by Mechanical Solid-State Reaction-Thermal Decomposition and Research on Its Growth Kinetics by Ying Deng, Yanhua Zhang, Lingling Peng, Xiaolong Jing, Hui Chen

“…Cubic phase cobalt (Co), which can be used as a key component for composite materials given its excellent ductility and internal structure, is not easy to obtain at room temperature. …”
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Nitrogen-doped Biomass Carbon Coupled with Copper Oxide Materials for Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 by GUO Tianyu, ZHANG Jianing, BAI Dehao, ZHANG Jinnan, QI Yu, WANG Hongtao

“…By further coupling with CuO via a hydrothermal method, a series of CuO@NC composite materials were costructed. The crystalline phase, microscopic morphology, structure, and elemental valence states were analyzed by multiple characterization techniques. …”
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Translucency and contrast ratio of dimethacrylate resin based dental materials after bleaching: an in-vitro study by Nilgun Akgul, Merve Nur Yilmaz

“…In terms of materials, the greatest change in TP and CR values ​​was seen in composite materials, while the least change was seen in hybrid CAD/CAM materials. …”
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Techniques of recycling end-of-life wind turbine blades in the pavement industry: A literature review by Shuwen Zhang, Noah Kirumira

“…Wind turbine blades are made of composite materials, and based on literature data, it was found that recycled fibers can be extracted from the composites using methods such as pyrolysis, solvolysis, and mechanical processing; of these methods, solvolysis provides cleaner and better fibers. …”
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Estimate of compressive strength of an unidirectional composite lamina using cross-ply and angle-ply laminates by M. Scafè, G. Raiteri, A. Brentari, R. Dlacic, E. Troiani, M. P. Falaschetti, E. Besseghini

“…In this work has been estimated the compressive strength of a unidirectional lamina of a carbon/epoxy composite material, using the cross-ply and angle-ply laminates. …”
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Mechanical and fracture property optimization of graphene-SiO2-reinforced epoxy-PLA nanocomposites for biomedical applications by Vikram Kedambadi Vasu, Praveena Bindiganavile Anand, Santhosh Nagaraja, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah

“…Composite materials are vital in modern engineering due to their superior mechanical properties and versatility. …”
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Effect of fiber orientation on mechanical properties of JUCO fiber reinforced epoxy composites by Md Rion Islam, Md Foisal Hossain, Muhammed Sohel Rana, Md Shafiul Ferdous

“…Fiber orientation within composite materials has a great impact on their physical and mechanical properties. …”
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A Review on the Parameters Affecting the Mechanical, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Natural/Synthetic Fibre Hybrid Reinforced Polymer Composites by DO Bichang’a, FO Aramide, IO Oladele, OO Alabi

“…Natural fibres provide an eco-friendly, more sustainable, and low cost alternative to synthetic fibres that have been used for a long time in the development of composite materials. However, natural fibres are associated with high water absorption capacity due to their hydrophilic nature leading to poor compatibility with hydrophobic polymeric matrices, thus lower mechanical properties for various applications. …”
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Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 5-oxo-N-phenyl-3-(thiophen-2-yl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carboxamide by Khatira N. Aliyeva, Tuncer Hökelek, Victor N. Khrustalev, Rovnag M. Rzayev, Ajaya Bhattarai, Abel M. Maharramov, Namig G. Shikhaliyev

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