The thermal expansion behaviour of silicon carbide (SCS-2) fibre reinforced 6061 aluminium matrix composite subjected to the influenced thermal mechanical cycling (TMC) process were investigated. The thermal stress has important effect on the longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient of the composites. The present paper used experimental data of the thermal expansion behaviour of a SiC/Al comp...

In this study three types of Fibre reinforced composites Glassfibre/epoxy, Glassfibre/vinylester and Glassfibre/polyester resin are fabricated using Hand lay-up process and compacted in a Hotpress. The specimens of these three types of laminates were studied for moisture diffusion at two elevated hotwater temperatures of 90C and 60C to study the kinetics by computing the Diffusion coefficients ...

Using the cutting of long fibre reinforced polymer and ceramic particle reinforced aluminium as the examples, this paper tends to understand some common features in the mechanics modelling of machining composites. It demonstrates that an accurate characterisation of matrix deformation, matrix–reinforcement interaction, and reinforcement deformation are key factors for the establishment of amode...

In this work, nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) has been evaluated as a potential reinforcement for cement mortar composites. Two types of vegetable fibres with different composition and properties (cellulose content and microfibrillar angle), sisal, and cotton linters pulps, were initially characterised in order to assess their reinforcing capability. Sisal pulp was found to be most suitable as ...

In the last few years, an increase in interest has been given to the use of cellulose fibers as alternatives for conventional reinforcements in composites. The development of commercially viable environmentally friendly and healthy materials based on natural resources is on the rise. In this sense, cellulosic fibers as reinforcements for cement mortar composites constitute a very interesting op...

The natural fiber reinforced composites are being used in various fields of applications that are contributing to the replacement of synthetic fibers composites which consists of Boron, glass fiber, carbon fiber etc.. The composite natural fibers are being used due its light weight, higher specific strength and eco friendly natural, non –abrasive which also have economical value. As they are ma...

In this paper, interphases in unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites under transverse loading are modeled by an advanced boundary element method based on the elasticity theory. The interphases are regarded as elastic layers between the fiber and matrix, as opposed to the spring-like models in the boundary element method literature. Both cylinder and square unit cell models of the fiber-inte...

Recently, short fiber reinforced composites are widely utilized in many structural parts in automobile, infrastructure and electric equipment applications due to their high specific strength, high specific stiffness, long fatigue life and high impact resistance as well as cost effective capability of production. If these parts are exposed to low-velocity impact, significant damages may develop ...

This work studied the grindability of the multidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites with the panel layup of [(0◦/90◦/45◦/−45◦)3]s. Focuses were on the chip formation, material removal mechanism, ground surface features and grinding force characteristics. The results were systematically compared with the unidirectional CFRP composites. It was found that the grinding forc...

The mechanical behavior of TiO2 nanoparticle-reinforced resin-based dental composites was characterized in this work using a three-dimensional nanoscale representative volume element. The impacts of nanoparticle volume fraction, aspect ratio, stiffness, and interphase zone between the resin matrix and nanoparticle on the bulk properties of the composite were characterized. Results clearly demon...