Ultra high performance concrete and C-FRP tension Re-bars: A unique combinations of materials for slabs subjected to low-velocity drop impact loading by S. M. Anas, Mehtab Alam, Haytham F. Isleem, Hadee Mohammed Najm, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri

“…In this research work, different combinations of normal strength concrete (NSC), ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), and steel fiber-reinforced UHPC (SFR-UHPC) concrete with re-bars of conventional steel and of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (C-FRP) are used in a two-way square slab of size 1000mm x 1000mm x 75mm subjected to 2500 mm free-fall impact loading. …”
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Mechanical Properties on Various FRP-Reinforced Concrete in Cold Regions by Chenxuan Lu, Yongcheng Ji, Yunfei Zou, Jieying Zhou, Yuqian Tian, Zhiqiang Xing

“…On the other hand, CFRP-reinforced concrete cylinders (Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics) and GFRP (Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics) gained 1.1% and 1.58% in weight, respectively, while the compressive strength decreased by 7.4% and 8%. …”
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Optimization of Tensile Strength and Young’s Modulus of CNT–CF/Epoxy Composites Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) by Md. Rezaur Rahman, Nur-Azzah Afifah Binti Taib, Mohammed Mahbubul Matin, Mohammed Muzibur Rahman, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri, Taranenko Pavel Alexanrovich, Sinitsin Vladimir Vladimirovich, Khairuddin Sanaullah, Diana Tazeddinova, Afrasyab Khan

“…Composites such as carbon fiber are used extensively by automotive, aerospace, marine, and energy industries due to their strong mechanical properties. …”
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High Aspect Ratio Composite Wings: Geometrically Nonlinear Aeroelasticity, Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization, Manufacturing, and Experimental Testing by Touraj Farsadi, Majid Ahmadi, Melin Sahin, Hamed Haddad Khodaparast, Altan Kayran, Michael I. Friswell

“…These long, slender wings, constructed with advanced materials such as carbon fiber and employing efficient manufacturing methods such as vacuum bagging, hold the promise of significantly lighter aircraft, reduced fuel consumption, and enhanced overall performance. …”
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Enhanced Desalination Performance of Capacitive Deionization Using Nanoporous Carbon Derived from ZIF-67 Metal Organic Frameworks and CNTs by Ngo Minh Phuoc, Euiyeon Jung, Nguyen Anh Thu Tran, Young-Woo Lee, Chung-Yul Yoo, Beom-Goo Kang, Younghyun Cho

“…Carbon-based materials, including activated carbon (AC), carbon aerogel, carbon cloth, and carbon fiber, have been mostly used in CDI electrodes due their high surface area, electrochemical stability, and abundance. …”
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Analysis of Long-Term Prestress Loss in Prestressed Concrete (PC) Structures Using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensor-Embedded PC Strands by Sung-Tae Kim, Young-Soo Park, Chul-Hwan Yoo, Soobong Shin, Young-Hwan Park

“…This new strand is manufactured by replacing the steel core of the normal PC strand with a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) rod with excellent tensile strength and durability. …”
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Performance of Concentrically Loaded RC Wall-like Columns Upgraded with Innovative Hybrid NSM/CFRP System by Hussein Elsanadedy, Husain Abbas, Tarek Almusallam, Yousef Al-Salloum

“…The use of a hybrid system comprising NSM (near-surface mounted) steel rebars combined with CFRP (carbon-fiber reinforced polymer) laminates may be considered a sound technique for strengthening such wall-like building columns. …”
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Numerical Studies on Failure Mechanisms of All-Composite Sandwich Structure with Honeycomb Core under Compression and Impact Loading Conditions by Xuecheng Han, Hongneng Cai, Jie Sun, Zhiyuan Wei, Yaping Huang, Ang Wang

“…The face sheet and honeycomb core of the proposed all-composite sandwich structure in this work are composed of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. The mechanical response and damage mechanism of the all-composite sandwich structure under out-of-plane quasi-static compression and out-of-plane impact are studied by numerical methods. …”
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Enhanced thermal conductivity of liquid metal composite with lower surface tension as thermal interface materials by Tianming Jiao, Qibo Deng, Guoxi Jing, Lijuan Zhao, Bing Han, Zhenjiao Zhang, Zhaoqiang Li, Yunfeng Zhao

“…This approach has also been extended to other thermal conductive fillers including carbon fiber and graphene. This work offers a simple approach to lower LM surface tension and might also enable the incorporation of other fillers, expanding the use of LM, such as integrated circuits and flexible electronics.…”
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Finite element, analytical, artificial neural network models for carbon fibre reinforced polymer confined concrete filled steel columns with elliptical cross sections by Haytham F. Isleem, Daudi Salezi Augustino, Ahmed Salih Mohammed, Ahmed M. Najemalden, P. Jagadesh, Shaker Qaidi, Shaker Qaidi, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri

“…This paper aim to investigate the effect of elliptical shape sections of confined concrete reinforced with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) and steel tube on axial load-carrying capacity. …”
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Stability Control of Slopes in Open-Pit Mines and Resilience Methods for Disaster Prevention in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Fushun West Open Pit Mine by Zhou Jiaxing, Li Fei, Wang Jin-an, Wang Jin-an, Gao Anqi, He Chengyuan, He Chengyuan

“…In addition, a study on the damage characteristics of buildings with different types of foundations and structures under the influence of side slope deformation were carried out, and the anti-deformation reinforcement measures for load-bearing members mainly based on steel fiber concrete, carbon fiber materials and profile steel were proposed. …”
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Achieving Uniform Li Plating/Stripping at Ultrahigh Currents and Capacities by Optimizing 3D Nucleation Sites and Li2Se‐Enriched SEI by Jiaqi Cao, Yonghui Xie, Yang Yang, Xinghui Wang, Wangyang Li, Qiaoli Zhang, Shun Ma, Shuying Cheng, Bingan Lu

“…Herein, a hierarchical three‐dimentional structure with CoSe2‐nanoparticle‐anchored nitrogen‐doped carbon nanoflake arrays is developed on a carbon fiber cloth (CoSe2–NC@CFC) to regulate the Li nucleation/plating process and stabilize the electrolyte–anode interface. …”
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Highly Loaded and Binder-Free Molybdenum Trioxide Cathode Material Prepared Using Multi-Arc Ion Plating for Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries by Sainan Liu, Yangyang Sun, Jing Yang, Yi Zhang, Zhenyang Cai

“…In this study, molybdenum powder was loaded directly on carbon fiber cloth (CFC) via multi-arc ion plating to obtain Mo@CFC, which was then oxidatively heated in a muffle furnace for 20 min at 600 °C to produce high mass loading α-MoO₃@CFC (α-MoO₃ of 12–15 mg cm⁻²). …”
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An Analysis of the Performance and Comfort Properties of Fire-Protective Material by Using Inherently Fire-Retardant Fibers and Knitting Structures by Awais Ahmad Khan, Hafsa Jamshaid, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Vijay Chandan, Viktor Kolář, Petr Jirků, Miroslav Müller, Shabnam Nazari, Tatiana Alexiou Ivanova, Tanveer Hussain

“…The best flame resistance was achieved with Nomex:carbon fiber blends. These results were confirmed with vertical flammability tests, TGA, DTGA and cone calorimetry analysis. …”
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Plasma exposures of a high-conductivity graphitic foam for plasma facing components by D.L. Youchison, S. Brezinsek, A. Lumsdaine, J.W. Klett, J.W. Coenen, C. Parish, A.V. Ievlev, J. Oelmann, C. Li, M. Rasinski, Y. Martynova, Ch. Linsmeier, S. Ertmer, A. Kreter

“…The graphitic foam has a thermal conductivity as high as 287 W/mK and is considered as a replacement to more exotic carbon fiber composites such as SepCarb NB31 or isotropic graphites like ATJ that are no longer produced but used in present-day tokamak experiments. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Studies for Fatigue Damage Accumulation of CFRP Cross-Ply Laminates Based on Entropy Failure Criterion by Huachao Deng, Asa Mochizuki, Mohammad Fikry, Shun Abe, Shinji Ogihara, Jun Koyanagi

“…The transverse cracking behavior of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) cross-ply laminate is investigated using a fatigue test and an entropy-based failure criterion in this study. …”
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Effect of CVD-SiC Interface Modification Coating on the Mechanical Properties of C_f/SiC Composite Prepared by Gaseous Silicon Infiltration Process by LIU Rong-jun, CAO Ying-bin, YANG Hui-yong, YAN Chun-lei, LONG Xian-hai

“…The ideal interface should not only prevent carbon fiber from being etched by Si vapor, but also adjust the bonding force between C fiber and SiC matrix. …”
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Tensile Deformation and Fracture of Unreinforced AZ91 and Reinforced AZ91-C at Temperatures up to 300 °C by Nashmi H. Alrasheedi, Sabbah Ataya, Mohamed M. El-Sayed Seleman, Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed

“…Mixed brittle/ductile fracture mode is detected on the fracture surface of unreinforced AZ91, while the SEM investigations show matrix/carbon fiber detachment and fiber fracture as main fracture modes.…”
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Advanced structural design for precision radial velocity instruments by Frebel, Anna L.

“…The instrument’s structural design will ensure that the PRV goal is achieved under the environments G-CLEF will be subjected to as installed on the GMT azimuth platform, including: • Millikelvin (0.001 °K) thermal soaks and gradients • 10 millibar changes in ambient pressure • Changes in acceleration due to instrument tip/tilt and telescope slewing Carbon fiber/cyanate composite was selected for the optical bench structure in order to meet performance goals. …”
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Atomistic simulations of the tensile behavior of graphene fibers by Zhong, Lei, Gao, Huajian, Li, Xiaoyan

“…In recent years, a large number of experimental studies have shown that graphene fibers, a new type of carbon fiber consisting of many monolayers of wrinkled and curved graphene sheets aligned in the axial direction of the fiber, exhibit high tensile strength and many functionalities. …”
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