This research study demonstrates a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminate with an embedded thermoelectric (TE) enabled glass (GF) ply. The TE-enabled GF functional ply was purposely laminated to create structural through-thickness generator (TEG). Simultaneously, the highly conductive (CF) reinforcing phase served as electrodes for device. Tellurium nanowires (NWs) were incor...

The creep behavior of basalt fiber reinforced epoxy (BFRE) and glass fiber reinforced epoxy (GFRE) composites was studied through tensile testing at high temperature. To study the effect of reinforcing epoxy, the micro glass powder (MGP) was added at various volume percentage into the epoxy resin in BFRE composites. The initial strain for all the specimens were evaluated and compared with each ...

In the present investigation, thermo-reversible bonds formed between maleimide and furan groups (Diels–Alder (DA)-based bis-maleimides (BMI)) have been generated to enable high-performance unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) with self-healing (SH) functionality. The incorporation of SH agent (SHA) was performed locally, only in areas interest, solution electrospinning p...

Composite resins were reinforced with glass and polyethylene fibers in this study, and the effect of fiber reinforcement on the color change of composite resins was investigated. After accelerated aging, the effect of fiber reinforcement on the color stability of composite resins was also examined. There were three experimental groups (n=12 disks per group): non-fiber-reinforced composite (non-...

Erosion of tidal turbine blades in the marine environment is a major material challenge due to high thrust and torsional loading at rotating surfaces, which limits ability harness energy from sources. Polymer–matrix composites can exhibit leading-blade edge erosion flows containing salt solid particles sand. Anti-erosion coatings be used for more ductility blade surface, but discontinuity betwe...

Hierarchical carbon-nanotube (CNT)-based composites have significant potential to expand the performance and functionality of aerospace composite structures. Notably, circumferentially aligned CNT arrays have previously been grown on woven alumina filaments to form a "fuzzy fiber" reinforced plastic (FFRP) architecture with demonstrated improvements in interand intra-ply mechanical properties a...