Systematic experimental investigation is carried out to characterize the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grafting on the average mechanical properties and mode-II fracture toughness of carbon fiber reinforced plastics ...

Dynamic wettability and contact angle hysteresis can be correlated to shed insight onto any solidliquid interaction. Complex fluids are capable of altering the expected hysteresis and dynamic wetting behavior due to ...

Finite element (FE) simulations using Abaqus/Explicit are performed to study the deformation behavior of materials under impact loading. Various configurations including monolithic and multi-layered plate having combinations ...

Dipodal Schiff's base based receptor (R1) was developed and characterized using 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectroscopy and optimized its structure using DMol3 package. In order to evaluate the sensor activity in aqueous ...

An experimental investigation is performed to relate the wetting behavior of unsized and carbon nanotube (CNT) grafted carbon fibers to the average mechanical properties of unsized and CNT grafted carbon fiber/ polymer ...

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) composites are a promising alternative to metals for aircraft structures. The applicability of CFRP composites to electromagnetic shielding and immunity to lightning strikes depends ...

Supercapacitors provide much higher power density than conventional batteries, while providing comparable energy density. Generally, porous materials like activated carbon, carbon nanotubes etc. are used to fabricate ...

It has been proposed that the response of soft tissues and skin type materials critically depends on the orientation and re-orientation of reinforcing fiber. Here, we quantify the effect of fiber orientation on the mechanical ...

Experimental investigations are carried out to analyse the wetting behaviour of carbon nanotube (CNT) coated carbon fiber to determine their suitability to process carbon nanotube coated carbon ...

Discrete dislocation dynamics simulations are carried out to systematically investigate the rate dependent deformation behaviour of polycrystalline bulk copper by varying the loading rate in the range of 100-25,000 s-1 ...