Advanced composite materials for structural maintenance, repair, and control

Aabid, Abdul and Baig, Muneer and Hrairi, Meftah (2023) Advanced composite materials for structural maintenance, repair, and control. Materials, 16 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 1996-1944

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Abstract

A newly added Special Issue (SI) of the Materials journal, titled "Advanced Composite Materials for Structural Maintenance, Repair, and Control" focuses on the foundations, characterizations, and applications of several advanced composites. This SI aims to publish reviews and research papers on the most recent scientific and practical studies, including those on product development and the lifecycle analysis of improved advanced composites for engineering applications, particularly aeronautical, mechanical, automotive, material, and structural engineering. In several engineering applications, defects including delamination, notch, and fracture are unavoidable. These damages are mostly brought on by fatigue and accidents. Structural repair, rather than replacing the entire component, is sometimes the only viable option when the damage to the material is not extensive. Since passive repairs utilize composite materials, they offer enhanced stress transfer mechanisms and joint efficiency. Over the last four decades, bonded composite repair methods by means of various composite material patches, such as carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers, boron-epoxy, carbon-epoxy, and glass-epoxy, have been developed to repair damaged structures. Because they can withstand the imposed stresses at a fraction of the weight of metallic alloys, these materials were appealing to those who dealt with the maintenance, repair, and control of damaged structures. Since then, the usage of composite materials has spread throughout the world, from secondary to primary structures of the aerospace industry, automotive industry, and other fields. New advanced composite materials, repair methods, simulation approaches, and optimization techniques are still being continuously developed with the objective to control structural damage, minimize fracture parameters, enhance cost efficiency, decrease energy consumption, and offer advanced solutions for repair methods and the maintenance of damaged structures.

Item Type:	Article (Editorial)
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials of engineering and construction T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA630 Structural engineering (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Meftah Hrairi
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2023 15:18
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 15:18
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/103297

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