Composite materials have their microstructure designed in terms of their macroscopic constituents, e.g. fibers in a homogeneous matrix material. By controlling the choice of fibers, their volume ...

Composite materials have their microstructure designed in terms of their macroscopic constituents, e.g. fibers in a homogeneous matrix material. By controlling the choice of fibers, their volume ...

Damage mechanics of composite materials is concerned with the various damage mechanisms, their evolution under thermomechanical loading, and their effect on the elastic, failure, and fatigue behavior ...

The numerical computing environment MATLAB will be used for matrix manipulation throughout the course. Composite materials are materials comprising two or more material phases with different physical ...

6% The proportion of fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials reused in secondary applications. >95% The percentage of fibre-reinforced polymers made from virgin materials derived from fossil ...

A UB engineer has made the first observation of semiconducting behavior in a carbon composite material, a finding that could revolutionize the fields of "smart" structures and electronics. The ...