Melting behaviour and crystallisation kinetics of carbon-fibre-reinforced low-melting poly(aryl ether ketone) by Jan-Lukas Stüven, Sebastian Heimbs, Carsten Schmidt

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Five-Axis Printing of Continuous Fibers on the Mold by Paweł Michalec, Marius Laux, Gidugu Lakshmi Srinivas, Robert Weidner, Mathias Brandstötter

“…This paper explores a five-axis printing method designed to improve the fabrication of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPCs), essential for producing lightweight, complex structures in advanced manufacturing. …”
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Effect of Source Type on Pore Structure and Properties of Aerated Geopolymer Concrete by Luma D. Mohammed, Ameer A. Hilal, Ghada H. Alwan

“…A study has been carried out to produce environmentally friendly lightweight concrete by substituting cement with alternative geopolymer binders. …”
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A Systematic Review on the Mechanical, Tribological, and Corrosion Properties of Al 7075 Metal Matrix Composites Fabricated through Stir Casting Process by M. Sambathkumar, R. Gukendran, T. Mohanraj, D. K. Karupannasamy, N. Natarajan, David Santosh Christopher

“…Aluminium alloy components are used in lightweight engineering applications and lack mechanical properties, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance. …”
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Bionic Design of the Bumper Beam Inspired by the Bending and Energy Absorption Characteristics of Bamboo by Meng Zou, Jiafeng Song, Shucai Xu, Shengfu Liu, Zhiyong Chang

“…The FEM results indicated that the performance of bionic bumpers was better than that of a normal bumper with regard to bending strength, energy absorption, and being lightweight. In particular, the bionic bumper beam has the best performance with regard to bending, energy absorption, and being lightweight compared with the normal bumper under pole impact. …”
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INFLUENCE OF THE FILLER TYPE ON STRENGTH AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF EXOTHERMIC BLENDS by D. M. Kukuj, Ju. N. Fasevich, A. I. Turok

“…It is determined that input quantities of lightweight filler exert considerable influence on strength properties of exometric blend.…”
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Assessment of the Effect of Replacing Normal Aggregate by Porcelinite on the Behaviour of Layered Steel Fibrous Self-Compacting Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Uniform Load by Ahmed S. D. AL-Ridha, Ali A. Abbood, Ali F. Atshan

“…In this research, an attempt has been made to study the effect of replacing all normal-weight aggregate “NWA” by lightweight aggregate “LWA” (having a volume equal to 60% of the volume of normal-weight aggregate) on the behaviour of layered steel fibrous self-compacting reinforced concrete slabs with various volume fractions of steel fiber under uniform area load using fine sand technique. …”
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Characterization of Alkaline Treatment and Fiber Content on the Physical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Ground Coffee Waste/Oxobiodegradable HDPE Biocomposites by Ming Yee Tan, Hoo Tien Nicholas Kuan, Meng Chuen Lee

“…Treated GCW composites show better water resistance with 57% improvement compared to the untreated ones. This lightweight and ecofriendly biocomposite has the potential in packaging, internal automotive parts, lightweight furniture, and other composite engineering applications.…”
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Advancements in cold spraying for polymer matrix composites: enhanced LSP and EMI shielding performance — review and future directions by Bugra Karahan, Ismail Ozdemir, Thomas Grund, Niclas Hanisch, Thomas Lampke

“…Abstract Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) have emerged as critical materials in lightweight engineering applications due to their excellent mechanical properties and design versatility. …”
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GS-LinYOLOv10: A drone-based model for real-time construction site safety monitoring by Yang Song, ZhenLin Chen, Hua Yang, Jifei Liao

“…The GSConv module introduces a lightweight feature extraction mechanism, reducing computational complexity without compromising detection accuracy. …”
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A quantitative model of hierarchical product design by Ferdinand Wöhr, Simon Königs, Max Stanglmeier, Markus Zimmermann

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DESIGN AND STRESS ANALYSIS OF RX-122 ROCKET MOTOR TUBE USING NUMERICAL METHOD by Lasinta Ari Nendra Wibawa, Iyus Rusyana, Dinar Koswara, Gagan Nugraha, Diyat Muhdiyat, Dedi Irawan

“…The RX-122 rocket is an experimental rocket series developed by the Technology Centre for Rocket-BRIN. The lightweight design of the RX-122 rocket motor tube is an essential requirement for improving the rocket's flight performance. …”
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Is your medical device “easy to use”? Supplemental oxygen patients’ experiences and tradeoffs around portable oxygen concentrators and tanks by Marc Egeth, Naomi Cherne, Nichole Breeland, Samantha Sye, Jennifer Soosaar, Frederic Seifer, Stanislav Glezer

“…We also know that patients want a lightweight and long-lasting device, but we challenged patients to choose from specific lighter and heavier options associated with various battery lives. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Failure Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Based Pyrotechnic Separation Device by Mingfa Ren, Fei Weng, Jing Sun, Zhifeng Zhang, Zhiguo Ma, Tong Li

“…Current pyrotechnic separation devices are mainly made of metal materials, limiting the capacity of lightweight design in advanced launching vehicles. With the outstanding mechanical properties, such as high mass-specific strength and modulus, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have the potential to replace metal materials in pyrotechnic seperaton devices. …”
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An improved DeepLabv3 + railway track extraction algorithm based on densely connected and attention mechanisms by Yanbin Weng, Jie Yang, Changfan Zhang, Jing He, Cheng Peng, Lin Jia, Hui Xiang

“…In response to these problems, this paper presents a lightweight algorithm DA-DeepLabv3 + based on densely connected and attention mechanisms. …”
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SVDD: SAR Vehicle Dataset Construction and Detection by Dan Gao, Xiaofang Wu, Zhijin Wen, Yue Xu, Zhengchao Chen

“…To solve these problems, we proposed a lightweight SAR vehicle detection algorithm, aiming to improve the vehicle detection accuracy and simplify the model complexity. …”
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Mechanical and microstructural characteristics of recycled aluminium matrix reinforced with rice husk ash by Olatunji P Abolusoro, Moshibudi Caroline Khoathane, Washington Washington

“…This study provides a significant boost to the attainment of lightweight materials in the automobile and other allied industries. …”
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GroupFound: An effective approach to detect suspicious accounts in online social networks by Bo Feng, Qiang Li, Xiaowen Pan, Jiahao Zhang, Dong Guo

“…Thus, it is necessary to propose a lightweight algorithm which is hard to be evaded. In this article, we propose a lightweight algorithm GroupFound , which focuses on the structure of the local graph. …”
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Consensus Mechanism of IoT Based on Blockchain Technology by Yue Wu, Liangtu Song, Lei Liu, Jincheng Li, Xuefei Li, Linli Zhou

“…This method can be used in a lightweight IoT system.…”
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Multiobjective Optimization of Composite Material Seat Plate for Mortar Based on the Hybrid Surrogate Model by Fengfeng Wang, Chundong Xu, Lei Li

“…While ensuring shooting stability, the weight of the seat plate is reduced by 18.43% compared to the metal seat plate, which has important application value for lightweight design of mortars.…”
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