isolated carbon nanotubes (cnts), cnt films and cnt-polymer nanocomposites are a new generation of materials with outstanding mechanical, thermal, electrical and electromagnetic properties. the main objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive review on the investigations performed in the field of characterizing electrical and electromagnetic properties of isolated cnts and cnt-reinf...

The majority of timber bridges in Canada requires flexural and/or shear strengthening to increase their load-carrying capacity in response to the demand to increase the allowable gross vehicle weight. This paper presents an innovative approach for the use of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) to strengthen timber bridges. The advantages of this strengthening system are inevitable: fibre reinforced...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact fiber types, binder content, and their dosage rates on volumetric properties laboratory performance asphalt mixtures. One mixture (control) three types (Basalt, Fiberglass, Carbon) were used. Two different considered 0.15% (recommended rate) 0.30% by total weight. Furthermore, a novel experimental methodology developed implemented consisting ...

We explain a unified approach to a study of ballistic phase for a large family of self-interacting random walks with a drift and self-interacting polymers with an external stretching force. The approach is based on a recent version of the OrnsteinZernike theory developed in Campanino et al. (2003, 2004, 2007). It leads to local limit results for various observables (e.g., displacement of the en...

One of the most relevant properties of composite materials to be considered is stiffness. Fiberglass has been used traditionally as a fibrous reinforcing element when stiff materials are required. However, natural fibers are been exploited as replacements for synthetic fibers to satisfy environmental concerns. Among the different natural fibers, wood fibers show the combination of relatively hi...