...Ruofei Chang; Zhou Chen; Cunjiang Yu; Jizhou Song Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has a good elasticity but with a pretty low fracture toughness, which limits its use in practical applications. This paper presents a simple and low-cost approach to manufacture a PDMS/fabric composite through...

... loads. However, an efficient and accurate model is necessary to more rapidly address dangerous shock problems. Composite materials have replaced metals in various applications thanks to their superior shock resistance properties. This investigation particularly relates to their usage on naval ships...

... toughness laminates shear deformation bimaterial interface pure mode-I cohesive laws J -integral experimental characterization fracture test modified DCB mixed mode CZMs joints composite Bimaterial interfaces are quite common in various composite materials and layered structure...

...B. P. Russell; T. Liu; N. A. Fleck; V. S. Deshpande Sandwich beams comprising identical face sheets and a square honeycomb core were manufactured from carbon fiber composite sheets. Analytical expressions were derived for four competing collapse mechanisms of simply supported and clamped sandwich...

...Onur C. Namli; Minoru Taya A thermal energy harvester using piezo-shape memory alloy (SMA) composite was designed. The main mechanism of such a piezo-SMA composite is the synergistic effect of piezoelectrics and SMA, which are connected in series and subjected to fluctuating temperature. Strain...

...F. Côté; B. P. Russell; V. S. Deshpande; N. A. Fleck Sandwich panels with aluminum alloy face sheets and a hierarchical composite square honeycomb core have been manufactured and tested in out-of-plane compression. The prismatic direction of the square honeycomb is aligned with the normal...