In this study, HDPE-based flat-pressed WPCs were reinforced with glass fibre and carbon woven fabrics, which could be used where high strength stiffness are required. The effect of reinforcement on some physical, mechanical, thermal properties fire performance was investigated. According to the results, increase in fabric density resulted holding much water microvoids fabric, increased absorpti...

The aim of this study was to fabricate a fibrous scaffold that closely resembled the micro-structural architecture and mechanical properties of collagen fibres found in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). To achieve this aim, fibrous scaffolds were made by electrospinning L-lactide based polymers. L-Lactide was chosen primarily due to its demonstrated biocompatibility, biodegradability and hi...

in 2007, research was carried out to determine the type and amount of asbestos fibers in a croatian factory with a long history of making asbestos-containing products.since the 1970s, asbestos fibres have been considered carcinogenic in humans i.e as a known cancer-causing agent. in the environment, asbestos fibres are inactive and naturally resist biodegradation. in time, fibres can only be gr...

As flax fibres exhibit good mechanical properties and low cost, they are more and more considered, since the early 2000’s, as efficient reinforcement for polymer based composites in replacement of E-glass fibres in automotive or building areas. The properties of the elementary fibres are now relatively well-known (strength comprised between 600 and 2000 MPa, Young’s modulus around 50 GPa and fa...

Porous polyvinyl butyral and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)polystyrene sulfonate fibers (porous PPPS-f) non-porous PPPS-f solid fibres were fabricated via electrospinning. The microwave absorption characteristics investigated for single bi-layered structures.

We describe the development of a coarse-grained (CG) force field for nylon-6 (polycaprolactam) and its application to the simulation of the structure and macromolecular dynamics within cylindrical fibres formed by this polymer, having diameters in the 14–28nm range. Our CG model is based on the MARTINI force field for the non-bonded interactions and on Boltzmanninverted gas-phase atomistic simu...