In this article, hybrid composite laminates with shape memory alloy (SMA) and glass fiber (GF) as the reinforced phase, and epoxy resin as the host material, were manufactured by vacuum-assisted resin injection (VARI) processing. The SMA wires were embedded into the GF/epoxy composites with three kinds of modes. The effect of SMA content and the position on the flexural, low-velocity impact per...

This study investigates the effects of fiber treatments on mechanical properties pineapple leaf reinforced polyester composites (PALF/PE). The Fiber were conducted with 3%, 6% and 9% NaOH for 2 hours. untreated treated PALF/PE fabricated by vacuum infusion method. result analysis revealed that indicated an increasing pattern in compared to composites. highest tensile strength was112 Mpa at 6 % ...

We aimed to embed silica optical fibers in composites (epoxy vinyl ester matrix reinforced with E-glass unidirectional fibers in mass fraction of 60%) in order to further monitor the robustness of civil engineering structures (such as bridges). A simple system was implemented using two different silica optical fibers (F1-double coating of 172 µm diameter and F2-single coating of 101.8 µm diamet...