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Influence of Thermal Cycling on Friction, Wear, and Damage Evolution of Fused Deposition Modeling of 3D‐Printed Glass Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composites

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the experimental procedure of the specimens. ABSTRACT This research work investigated the effect of the cyclic thermo‐hygrometric aging regime between −20°C and +40°C with 0–400 cycles on the reciprocating tribological properties of fused deposition modeling (FDM) printed polylactic acid (PLA) and the same material reinforced ...
Sinan Fidan, Satılmış Ürgün, Nevin Gamze Karsli, Taner Yılmaz, Mustafa Özgür Bora, Mehmet İskender Özsoy   +5 more
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Monitoring and Analysis of Hygrothermal Conditions, Lighting, Acoustics, and Air Quality (PM2.5 and PM10 Concentrations) in Traditional Buildings [PDF]

Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment
The monitoring and recording of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters are of major importance, given the effect of these environments on human health. It is therefore essential to design an economical and feasible multi-measurement device capable
Slimane Oubeddou, Soumia Mounir, Mina Amazal, Asma Souidi, Malika Atigui, Hassan Demrati, Ahmed Aharoune   +6 more
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Hygrothermal Performance Evaluation of Internally Insulated Historic Stone Building in a Cold Climate

Energies, 2023
In most cases, internal insulation is the only solution to improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings. However, it is one of the most challenging and complex energy efficiency measures due to changes in boundary conditions and hygrothermal ...
Andra Blumberga, Ritvars Freimanis, Edite Biseniece, Agris Kamenders   +3 more
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From Growing Conditions to Composite Performance: Acid‐Engineered Algerian Sisal Fibers for Sustainable Bio‐Epoxy Composites

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
High‐Performance Sustainable Ski Core Bio‐Composite Derived from Bio‐Epoxy and Sisal Sibers Systems. ABSTRACT In pursuit of sustainable and high‐performance materials, this work investigates the potential of Algerian sisal fibers as renewable reinforcements in bio‐epoxy composites.
M. A. Kacem, R. Halimi, O. Duncan, T. Allen, M. Bodaghi   +4 more
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Potential of Thermoset Polyolefins for FRP Concrete Reinforcing Bars

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Overview of XLPO and pDCPD resins for FRP reinforcing bars, highlighting resin chemistry, key performance characteristics, fiber sizing interactions, and principal degradation mechanisms in concrete environments. ABSTRACT Although thermoset polyolefins offer resistance to hydrolytic degradation and favorable processing characteristics, their potential ...
Osama Omar, Farzaneh Mahmoudi, Leonidas G. Bachas, Francisco De Caso, Brahim Benmokrane, Antonio Nanni   +5 more
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Effect of cyclic hygrothermal aging on interlaminar fracture toughness of T700/TDE86 carbon composite

Journal of Aeronautical Materials, 2019
The artificial accelerated cyclic hygrothermal aging test was conducted on T700/TDE86 carbon fiber reinforced resin matrix composites, and the effects of different cyclic hygrothermal aging days on interlaminar fracture toughness of composites with open ...
XU Kailong, LIU Lulu, ZHAO Zhenhua, SHUANG Chao, CHEN Wei   +4 more
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Moisture Effects on the Dimensional Stability of Bistable Carbon/Epoxy Laminates

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Experimental and numerical approach for studying moisture effects on composite dimensional stability. ABSTRACT Bistable composite laminates are attractive because they can switch between two stable shapes without continuous energy input, enabling applications in morphing structures and energy harvesting devices.
Andrea Dei Sommi, Francesca Lionetto, Francesco Nicassio, Alfonso Maffezzoli   +3 more
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Predicting the hygrothermal behaviour of building components using neural networks [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
Increasing the energy efficiency of the existing building stock can be accomplished by adding thermal insulation to the building envelope. In case of historic buildings with massive walls, internal insulation is often the only feasible post-insulation ...
Tijskens Astrid, Roels Staf, Janssen Hans   +2 more
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Influence of Non-Constant Hygrothermal Parameters on Heat and Moisture Transfer in Rammed Earth Walls

Buildings, 2022
As environment-friendly building materials, earth materials are attracting significant attention because of their favorable hygrothermal properties. In this study, the earth materials in northwest Sichuan were tested and curves of thermal conductivity ...
Jiaye Tan, Jiahua Liang, Li Wan, Bin Jiang   +3 more
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Combined Effects of Thermal Cycling Aging and Reinforcement Content on the Ball‐On‐Disk Wear of Additively Manufactured Polylactic Acid Composites

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Thermal Aging and Tribological Tests of Additive Manufactured PLA Composites. ABSTRACT This study focuses on the additive manufacturing of pure polylactic acid (PLA) specimens and milled glass fiber (GF)‐filled PLA composites under thermal cycling aging and wear tests. Wear tracks have been analyzed via 3D optical profiling and SEM imaging.
Sinan Fidan, Satılmış Ürgün, Nevin Gamze Karsli, Taner Yilmaz, Mustafa Özgür Bora, Mehmet İskender Özsoy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source