Nonlinear vibration analysis of a 3DOF double pendulum system near resonance by Asmaa Amer, W. Zhang, T.S. Amer, H. Li

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An ultrasonic-AI hybrid approach for predicting void defects in concrete-filled steel tubes via enhanced XGBoost with Bayesian optimization by Shuai Wan, Shipan Li, Zheng Chen, Yunchao Tang

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Geometrically Tunable Transverse Electric Field in Multilayered Structures by Roland H. Tarkhanyan, Dimitris G. Niarchos

“…Appearance of a transverse component in dc electric field with respect to the applied current is investigated in periodic multilayer composite structures made of nanometer-to-micrometer scale alternating layers of two different homogeneous and isotropic conducting materials. …”
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Additive manufacturing of ceramic composite cellular structures by spontaneous infiltration of copper oxide in alumina by Ameer Hamza, Muhammad Umar Azam, Aikifa Raza, Samuel Mao, Khalid Askar, TieJun Zhang

“…The in-situ mobilization and capillary infiltration of molten CuO among Al2O3 particles of different sizes is investigated to reveal the microstructure, optical-mechanical properties and thermal stability of CuO/Al2O3 composite structures. Owing to the recrystallization of CuO around the Al2O3 particles, the light absorptance of 3D composite structures is proportional to the CuO concentration and significantly enhanced in the wavelength range 250–2000 nm for solar applications. …”
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Electromagnetic Wave Absorbing Composites with a Square Patterned Conducting Polymer Layer for Wideband Characteristics by Won-Jun Lee, Chun-Gon Kim

“…In this study, EMWA composite structure containing a square periodic patterned layer is presented. …”
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Fractal Dimension-Based Damage Imaging for Composites by Li Zhou, Hu Sun, Zhiquan He

“…In this paper, a damage imaging algorithm based on fractal dimension is developed for quantitative damage detection of composite structures. Box-counting dimension, a typical fractal dimension, is employed to analyze the difference of Lamb wave signals, extract damage feature and define damage index. …”
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Verb-particle constructions in Cognitive Linguistics perspective: Compositionality behind selected English phrasal verbs by Izabela Jarosz

“… The developments in Cognitive Linguistics have made it possible to uncover multiple meanings of composite structures to the effect that more and more scholars have become interested in the issue of semantic relations in verb-particle constructions. …”
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New Two-Dimensional Polynomial Failure Criteria for Composite Materials by Shi Yang Zhao, Pu Xue

“…At present, a large number of two-dimensional failure criteria, such as Chang-Chang criteria, have been proposed to predict the damage process of composite structures under loading. However, there is still no good criterion to realize it with both enough accuracy and computational performance. …”
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Damage Initiation Analysis of a Tension Stiffened Composite PRSEUS Panel Based on Modified Hashin Criteria by Yongjie Zhang, Samya Ettoumi, Bo Cui, Jingpiao Zhou

“…This study may provide a dependable reference presenting a simplified and significantly less computationally demanding approach for damage analysis composite structures and their repair, in addition to further applying these techniques to access the damage-arresting capabilities of these structures.…”
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Sensitivity-enhancing feedback control–based damage detection in delaminated smart composite plates by Yan Guo, Yanan Jiang, Zhenghua Qian, Bin Huang

“…The proposed sensitivity-enhancing feedback control can be used as an efficient tool for detecting delamination failures in smart composite structures.…”
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Experiment and Simulation Investigation on the Tensile Behavior of Composite Laminate with Stitching Reinforcement by Yi Wang, Nai Xian Hou, Zhu Feng Yue

“…Research results have a significant role on the design of the composite structures with and without stitching.…”
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Mechanisms for introduction of pseudo ductility in fiber reinforced polymer composites- a review by Vinayak S. Uppin, P. S. Shivakumar Gouda, I. Sridhar Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India.

“…A new generation of high-performance composites with pseudo-ductile or ductile behavior is essentially required for the fiber-reinforced composite structures to mitigate the catastrophic failures. …”
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Failure Modes and Resistance of Perforated Steel Rib Shear Connectors under Uplift Forces by Xiaoqing Xu, Yuqing Liu

“…In recent years, there is a rapid increase in the application of perforated steel rib shear connectors in steel and concrete composite structures. The connectors must not only ensure shear transfer but also sufficient uplift resistance. …”
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Damage Detection of Composite Plates by Lamb Wave Ultrasonic Tomography with a Sparse Hexagonal Network Using Damage Progression Trends by C. J. Keulen, M. Yildiz, A. Suleman

“…Lamb wave based structural health monitoring shows a lot of potential for damage detection of composite structures. However, currently there is no agreement upon optimal network arrangement or detection algorithm. …”
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On quantifying dynamic behavior of architected metal/polymer TPMS/lattices-based interpenetrating phase composites by K. B. Shingare, Andreas Schiffer, Kin Liao

“…The periodic boundary conditions were applied using FE analysis to compute the effective properties, while these properties were utilized to investigate the dynamic analysis of composite structures considering free vibration, wherein actual and homogenized models are compared. …”
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Localization of Transversal Cracks in Sandwich Beams and Evaluation of Their Severity by G. R. Gillich, Z. I. Praisach, M. Abdel Wahab, O. Vasile

“…An algorithm to assess transversal cracks in composite structures based on natural frequency changes due to damage is proposed. …”
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Identification of the Anisotropic Elastic Parameters of NiCrAlY Coating by Combining Nanoindentation and Finite Element Method by Jingyu Zhai, Yugang Chen, Xinyuan Song, Hongchun Wu, Qingkai Han

“…For vibration damping, coatings are prepared on surface of the structures (substrates), which constitute the coating-substrate composite structures. Elastic parameters of the coating are indispensable for the vibration and damping analysis of the composite structure. …”
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Analytical model for helical particle array assessment for EMI shielding applications by Ayoub Hamidi, Ahmad Cheldavi, Asghar Habibnejad Korayem, Mohammad Baharian

“…The model yields valuable results compared to experimental measurement, making it ideal for optimizing various shielding composite structures for EMI shielding applications.…”
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Multi-direction health monitoring with carbon nanotube film strain sensor by Tao Xu, Qingdong Qiu, Shaowei Lu, Keming Ma, Xiaoqiang Wang

“…Therefore, the circular carbon nanotube film exhibits multi-direction strain monitoring that can serve as an efficient tool for structural health monitoring of composite structures.…”
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Effect of Hemp Fibre Surface Treatment on the Fibre-Matrix Interface and the Influence of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, and Lignin Contents on Composite Strength Properties by Mohammad Mazedul Kabir, Mohammad Yousef Alhaik, Saud Hamad Aldajah, Kin Tak Lau, Hao Wang, Md Mainul Islam

“…Natural fibres have recently become an attractive alternative to synthetic fibres in the implementation of polymer composite structures. Inherent flaws within natural fibres in terms of their constituent contents (hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin) reduce the compatibility of these fibres with polymer matrices. …”
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