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Smart and Intelligent Composite Structures for Innovative Industrial and Space Applications: Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2024 | Viewed by 4469

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Prof. Dr. Costas Charitidis

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RNANO Lab - Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15780 Zographos Athens, Greece
Interests: polymers nanocomposites; carbon based materials; advanced composite materials; nanocomposites; nanoindentation; nanomechanics
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Dr. Aikaterini-Flora Trompeta

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RNANO Lab - Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15780 Zographos Athens, Greece
Interests: carbon nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; nanocomposites; coatings; chemical vapour deposition

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue of Polymers Journal is dedicated to Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites. We are expecting to receive papers dealing with smart and intelligent fiber-based polymeric composite structures for innovative industrial applications. The topics of the special issue includes but not limited to: the synergetic effect of nanomaterials in reinforcing fiber-based composite materials, (smart) polymeric nanocomposites, novel processing technologies for fiber-based composites, smart functionalities of fiber reinforced composites, multifunctional fiber-based polymer composites, modelling and simulation for fiber-reinforced polymer composites, recycling of thermoplastics and thermosets reinforced with fibers.

Prof. Dr. Costas Charitidis
Dr. Aikaterini-Flora Trompeta
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Keywords

  •  carbon fibers
  •  FRPs (CFRPs, GFRPs, etc)
  •  self-sensing
  •  self-morphing
  •  shape memory polymers
  •  nanocomposites
  •  smart properties
  •  properties simulation
  •  recycling of thermoplastics and thermosets
  •  manufacturing technologies for FRPs

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Investigation of Carbon Fibres Reclamation by Pyrolysis Process for Their Reuse Potential
by Stefania Termine, Valentina Naxaki, Dionisis Semitekolos, Aikaterini-Flora Trompeta, Massimo Rovere, Alberto Tagliaferro and Costas Charitidis
Polymers 2023, 15(3), 768; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15030768 - 02 Feb 2023
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During Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs) manufacturing, large quantities of scrap are being produced and usually disposed to landfill or incinerated, resulting in a high environmental impact. Furthermore, CFRP parts that have been damaged or reached their end-of-life, follow the same disposal route [...] Read more.
During Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs) manufacturing, large quantities of scrap are being produced and usually disposed to landfill or incinerated, resulting in a high environmental impact. Furthermore, CFRP parts that have been damaged or reached their end-of-life, follow the same disposal route and because of this, not only the environment is affected, but also high added-value materials, such as carbon fibres (CFs) are lost without further valorisation. Several recycling technologies have been suggested, such as pyrolysis, to retrieve the CF reinforcement from the CFRPs. However, pyrolysis produces CFs that have residual resin and pyrolytic carbon at their surface. In order to retrieve clean long fibres, oxidation treatment in high temperatures is required. The oxidation treatment, however, has a high impact on the mechanical properties of the reclaimed CFs; therefore, an optimised pyrolysis procedure of CFRPs and post-pyrolysis treatment of reclaimed fibres (rCFs) is required. In this study, CFRPs have been subjected to pyrolysis to investigate the reclamation of CF fabrics in their primal form. The temperature of 550 °C was selected as the optimum processing temperature for the investigated composites. A parametric study on the post-pyrolysis treatment was performed in order to remove the residues from the fabrics and at the same time to investigate the CFs reusability, in terms of their mechanical and surface properties. Full article
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Employment of 3D-Printed Bilayer Structures with Embedded Continuous Fibers for Thermal Management Applications: An Axial Cooling 4D-Printed Fan Application Case Study
by Panagiotis Zouboulis, Elias P. Koumoulos and Anna Karatza
Polymers 2022, 14(19), 3952; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14193952 - 21 Sep 2022
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Bi-material composite structures with continuous fibers embedded on polymer substrates exhibit self-morphing under thermal stimulus induced by the different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) between the two constituent materials. In this study, a series of such structures are investigated in terms of fiber [...] Read more.
Bi-material composite structures with continuous fibers embedded on polymer substrates exhibit self-morphing under thermal stimulus induced by the different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) between the two constituent materials. In this study, a series of such structures are investigated in terms of fiber patterns and materials to achieve programmable and reversible transformations that can be exploited for thermal management applications. Stemming from this investigation’s results, an axial cooling fan prototype is designed and fabricated with composite blades that passively alter their shape, specifically their curvature and twist angle, under different operating temperatures. A series of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are performed, subjecting the fan’s geometry to different flow temperatures to measure differences in airflow deriving from the induced shape transformations. Corresponding experimental trials are additionally performed, aiming to validate the simulation results. The results indicate the potential of utilizing bilayer self-morphing configurations for the fabrication of smart components for cooling purposes. Full article
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