Hybrid laminates, such as fiber metal are increasingly used in engineering applications due to their outstanding damage tolerance and weight-specific performance. Prone vibrations, laminates have recently been complemented by viscoelastic elastomer layers order achieve a desired level of damping following the principles constrained layer damping. This paper presents an analytical modeling appro...

Another reason may be that it changes easily under different feed environments. [ 32 – 34 ] Also, the formation of highly ordered, precise GO laminates through the self-assembly of GO nanosheets is extremely diffi cult. [ 35 ] Some inevitable nonselective defects or out-of-order accumulation will exist in the GO layers due to the repulsive electrostatic interactions caused by negatively charged...

In this paper, I discuss observations indicating that homogenization, in its standard version based on weak compactness, generally does not work for dynamic materials with arbitrary material geometry. A remarkable exception is represented by the spatial-temporal laminates where such compactness can be established. For the slow (timelike) laminates, this was done in [18] with the use of energy b...

It is interesting to imagine what would happen when a mixture of soft-boiled eggs and stones is deformed together. A foil made of pure Ti is stronger than that made of Cu. When a composite Cu/Ti foil deforms, the harder Ti will penetrate into the softer Cu in the convex shapes according to previously reported results. In this paper, we describe the fabrication of multilayer Cu/Ti foils by the r...

We present a numerical method for the approximation of microstructure in martensitic crystals by piecewise laminates, and we give computational results for several three-dimensional models of martensitic microstructure by using piecewise second-order laminates.

The effects of surface-functionalized Na+-montmorillonite nanoclay particles on the flexural behavior of E-glass fiber-reinforced aluminum (GLARE) laminates were investigated. The nanoclay particles were subjected to surface functionalization using 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylamine to increase their compatibility with the epoxy matrix and improve their dispersion within the matrix. Expe...

A multi-scale method to predict the stiffness and stability properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced laminates has been developed. This method is used in the prediction of the buckling behavior of laminated carbon nanotube-polyethylene composites formed by stacking layers of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer with the nanotube alignment axes of each layer oriented in different directions. Linki...

Pre-stressed piezoelectric laminates, consisting of one or more metal layers and a piezoelectric material bonded together with an adhesive, have been widely studied over the past few years, both numerically and experimentally. Most of the current research has concentrated on the effect of the metal layers, types and geometry, along with variations in the active layer of the laminate. Historical...