Browsing by Subject "composites"
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(2014-12-01)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceThe favorable conductive properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) offer opportunities for constructing CNT-based nanocomposites with improved thermal conduction for a range of potential applications. Such lightweight composite ...
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(2015-11-25)Department: Civil EngineeringFiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites present a significant opportunity for increas- ing performance and energy efficiency in a number of technology sectors, most notably the automotive and aerospace industries. In ...
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(2019-02-21)Department: Civil EngineeringPeriodic composites with tailored microstructures and material properties such as phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials exhibit extraordinary capabilities in controlling elastic waves by manipulating band gaps that ...
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(2010-12-07)Department: Civil EngineeringComposites and adhesive joints are being increasingly used in modern structures. It becomes very important to characterize the failure in such materials especially at the interface between constituents. This dissertation ...