Characterized by their low modulus and high stretchability, soft composites have recently attracted great interest from researchers in related areas. The main objective of the present study is on the fracture property and toughening mechanism of soft composites. Two types of soft composites will be studied: soft elastic foam and the double-network (DN) composite. A theoretical/numerical study i...

Abstract Polymer-impregnated carbon fabric is used as an alternative to metallic reinforcement bars in cementitious materials, which then termed textile-reinforced concrete (TRC). In this study, the bond strength between cement-based matrix and was enhanced by decorating polymer (an epoxy) coating with hydrophilic micron-size particles (cement or silica) nanocarbons (functionalized nanotubes gr...

The paper presents a comparative analysis of methods and results calculating the physical mechanical characteristics single-layered multi-layered polymer composite materials (PCM). object study is which consists epoxy binder carbon fiber reinforcements. principle multiscale modelling applied to determine composite. Within framework this study, representative volume element (RVE), structure corr...

Abstract This study investigated the application research of aerogel materials in clothing and analyzed current focus on clothing, details development materials, evaluation effects clothing. Current mainly focuses firefighting space suits, wetsuits, footwear products. The used surveyed studies can be classified into fiber composite, foam coating fabric. Aerogel composite is most widely material...

The problem of automated defect detection in textured materials is investigated. A new approach for defect detection using linear FIR filters with optimized energy separation is proposed. The performance of different feature separation criteria with reference to fabric defects has been evaluated. The issues relating to the design of optimal filters for supervised and unsupervised web inspection...

Herein we demonstrate that switchable, spontaneous, directional-transport ability to both water and oil fluids can be created on fabric materials through wet-chemistry coating and successive UV irradiation treatment. When the fabric showed directional transport to a liquid, it prevented liquids of higher surface tension from penetration, but allowed liquids of lower surface tension to permeate,...