A review is presented on the testing and mechanical properties of continuous fibre reinforced composites modified with nanotubes or nanofibres either dispersed in the resin or grown on the microfibres. The nano-level cross-links are shown to be able to (1) increase the fibre/matrix interfacial strength, (2) reduce the inter-fibre crack growth, and (3) improve the inter-ply delamination resistan...

In this paper, we describe the second part of an experimental investigation concentrating on the study of the effects of impact speed and interfacial bond strength on the dynamic failure of model sandwich structures. Results show that even small variations in impact speed and bond strength substantially influence the initiation behavior of delamination (location and nucleation time) and lead to...

We study the adhesion and tensile behaviour of bi-layer interfaces comprising polyethylene, doped with carbonyl hydroxyl functional groups emanating from ozone treatment, α-Al2O3 by means density theory classical atomistic modelling. The results show that deformations are localized within polymer comprise chain slip, disentanglement detachment substrate, where only latter is notably affected do...