Waste Wood and Glass Fiber Modify Epoxy Composite Performance
A new study demonstrates that combining waste wood dust and glass fiber in epoxy composites can reduce costs and carbon ...
Tag: mechanical properties
Hybrid Tamarind Seed and Graphite Fillers Enhance Vinyl Ester Composite Strength
Reinforcing vinyl ester composites with hybrid tamarind seed and graphite fillers significantly improves mechanical performance and maintains thermal stability up ...
Aluminum and Topology Regulate Strength in Porous High-Entropy Alloys
A multiscale investigation reveals how topological configurations and aluminum content jointly govern the deformation mechanisms, compressive strength, and energy absorption ...
Fibres Give Polymer Concrete a Tougher, Longer-Lasting Edge, Review Finds
A comprehensive review finds that natural, synthetic, metallic and hybrid fibres significantly improve the strength, crack resistance, fatigue behaviour and ...
Calcium carbonate fine-tunes vulcanized bio-based rubber-like plastic
A sulfur-vulcanized polyhydroxyalkanoate composite with 47 mol% unsaturated 3H5HE units showed that 10 phr calcium carbonate slightly increased tensile strength ...
AI Learns to Design Lignin Foams From Pictures and Predicts Their Strength
A new machine learning framework predicts the mechanical properties of lignin-based polyurethane foams from microscope images within 2.3 percent on ...
3D-printed boron nitride composites tune heat flow through platelet alignment
Masked stereolithography 3D printing aligns boron nitride platelets through filler size and layer thickness, raising in-plane thermal conductivity by up ...
Review links three B2 formation pathways to refractory-alloy performance
A critical review identifies three B2 formation pathways in aluminium-containing refractory complex concentrated alloys and links their transformation mechanisms and ...
Advanced crosslinking strategies in Pluronic F127-based hydrogels
A review compares physical, chemical and hybrid crosslinking strategies for controlling the strength, recovery, injectability and degradation of Pluronic F127-based ...
Laboratory study finds trade-offs in reinforced PLA biocomposites
A laboratory study found that a microfiber- and hydroxyapatite-reinforced PLA formulation maximized mechanical measurements, while a higher-hydroxyapatite formulation showed the ...
Cross-scale regulation mechanisms of alloying elements on the mechanical properties of β-Ti alloys: a synergistic strategy to integrate machine learning and first-principles calculations
A computational study combining machine learning and first-principles calculations developed an interpretable model for predicting the Young’s modulus and yield ...
Lab study finds Sc2O3 co-stabilized zirconia pellets resist CMAS penetration better
A laboratory study found that increasing Sc2O3 content in co-stabilized zirconia pellets reduced measured CMAS penetration and degradation, while raising ...
Experimental Ce and ultrasonic treatment improves Al–Si–Cu–Ni melt purity and casting properties
An experimental study found that 0.1 wt% Ce combined with 2,000 W ultrasound for 15 seconds gave the best measured ...
Boron Nitride Hybrid Network Cools Solar Panels While Keeping Films Tough
Researchers engineered a dual-anchored boron nitride hybrid network in EVA films that boosts thermal conductivity by 1245 percent while preserving ...
3D-Printed Steel Gets Ductility Boost by Tweaking Grain Boundaries
A single annealing step transforms 3D-printed 316L stainless steel, raising twin boundary fractions above 55 percent and boosting elongation by ...
3D-printed high-entropy alloys are rewriting the rules of metal strength
A new review in Frontiers in Materials details how 3D-printing technologies are unlocking the extraordinary potential of high-entropy alloys, from ...
Infrared-Heated Robot Lays Down Stronger Carbon Fiber Composites
Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design have shown that infrared-assisted automated fiber placement can manufacture carbon fiber-polycarbonate ...
Clasping folds give graphene films record strength and elasticity
Researchers have created graphene films with record strength, toughness and 5 percent elastic strain by assembling folded flakes into an ...
Silver Doping Makes Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Both Stronger and More Electrically Responsive
A new study shows that doping zinc oxide nanoparticles with silver simultaneously increases their hardness and elastic moduli while boosting ...
Silver Doping Makes Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Both Stronger and More Electrically Responsive
A new study shows that doping zinc oxide nanoparticles with silver simultaneously increases their hardness and elastic moduli while boosting ...
