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Yan?e Yang, Bo Pang, Yunsheng Zhang, Minghui Wang, Gaixia Miao and Aoxiang Zhou
The properties of a large number of concrete infrastructures in China are deteriorating year by year, raising the need for repairing and strengthening these infrastructures. By introducing waterborne polymers into a cement concrete system, brittle cracks...
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Yeng-Fong Shih, Chun-Wei Chang, Teng-Hsiang Hsu and Wei-Yi Dai
Wood?plastic composites (WPCs), abbreviated as WPCs, are typically composite materials made by mixing wood flour and thermoplastic resins, and then shaped through processes such as extrusion or compression. They have emerged as a viable and advanced alte...
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Volodymyr Krasinskyi, Ludmila Dulebova, Rafal Malinowski, Krzysztof Bajer and Oksana Krasinska
The modification method of aluminosilicate clays and the modifier content have a decisive influence on the structure and properties of the obtained nanocomposites. Therefore, the development and research of new techniques of nanoclays modification are of...
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?iga Unuk and Milan Kuhta
A nonlinear semi-numeric and finite element analysis of three-point bending tests of notched polymer fiber-reinforced concrete prisms was performed. The computational and experimental results were compared in terms of the load-displacement behavior. The ...
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Sonja Kostic, Vladimir Kocovic, Suzana Petrovic Savic, Dragomir Miljanic, Jasmina Miljojkovic, Milan Djordjevic and Djordje Vukelic
Polypropylene is a widely used linear hydrocarbon polymer with diverse applications due to its exceptional physicochemical characteristics and minimal changes during the recycling process. Numerous studies have focused on factors influencing the mechanic...
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Miguel Suffo, Celia Pérez-Muñoz, Gonzalo Alba and María Pilar Villar
In the wine bottling process, thermoplastics are commonly used to manufacture the crown of cork stoppers. The production of agglomerated cork stoppers generates a type of waste called cork powder (CoP) in large volumes with known properties but which are...
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Tânia Soares, Carlos Fernandes, Cláudia Barbosa, Mário A. P. Vaz, Tiago Reis and Maria Helena Figueiral
Polyetheretherketone is a high-performance thermoplastic polymer that can be used in 3D printing by fused deposition modeling, and is a promising material for dental applications. Some printing parameters are sensitive and can influence the properties of...
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Kiho Nishihara, Kei-ichi Okuyama, Rafael Rodriguez and Isai Fajardo
In this study, we focus on 3D-printed PEEK/CFRTP (Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic) and PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) materials as new space materials. In space, there are intense ultraviolet (UV) rays that are weakened by the atmosphere on Earth, s...
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Shiva Khoshtinat
As a result of the exponential growth in the production of plastics and their extended degradation period, strong environmental concerns in association with the disposal of plastic waste have emerged. Pursuing sustainable solutions for managing plastic w...
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Olga A. Moskalyuk, Andrey V. Belashov, Anna A. Zhikhoreva, Yaroslav M. Beltukov and Irina V. Semenova
Numerous studies have been performed on different aspects of the mechanical behavior of polymer nanocomposites; however, the results obtained still lack a comprehensive comparative analysis of the mechanical properties of composites containing nanofiller...
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