• Ablation behavior studies of charring materials with different thickness and heat flux intensity 

      Xiao, Jie; Das, Oisik; Mensah, Rhoda Afriyie; Jiang, Lin; Xu, Qiang; Berto, Filippo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Surface ablation and in-depth temperature distribution of the charring material are the key properties of the thermal protection system in re-entry vehicles subjected to aerodynamic heating. To investigate the factors ...
    • Biochar-Added Cementitious Materials—A Review on Mechanical, Thermal, and Environmental Properties 

      Mensah, R.A.; Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Narayanan, Sreenivasan; Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad; Ulfberg, Adrian; Blanksvärd, Thomas; Sayahi, Faez; Simonsson, Peter; Reinke, Benjamin; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Sas, Daria; Das, Oisik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The enhanced carbon footprint of the construction sector has created the need for CO2 emission control and mitigation. CO2 emissions in the construction sector are influenced by a variety of factors, including raw material ...
    • Circular economy in biocomposite development: State-of-the-art, challenges and emerging trends 

      Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Mensah, Rhoda Afriyie; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Restás, Ágoston; Addy, Cyrus; Xu, Qiang; Jiang, Lin; Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely; Singha, Shuvra; George, Gejo; Jose E, Tomlal; Berto, Filippo; Hedenqvist, Mikael S; Das, Oisik; Ramakrishna, Seeram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Biocomposites being environmentally-friendly alternative to synthetic composites are gaining increasing demand for various applications. Hence, biocomposite development should be integrated within a circular economy (CE) ...
    • Cutting-Edge Progress in Stimuli-Responsive Bioadhesives: From Synthesis to Clinical Applications 

      Khadem, Elham; Kharaziha, Mahshid; Bakhsheshi-Rad, Hamid Reza; Das, Oisik; Berto, Filippo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      With the advent of “intelligent” materials, the design of smart bioadhesives responding to chemical, physical, or biological stimuli has been widely developed in biomedical applications to minimize the risk of wounds ...
    • Efficient Improvement in Fracture Toughness of Laminated Composite by Interleaving Functionalized Nanofibers 

      Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad; Esmaeely neisiany, Rasoul; Razavi, Moe; Fakhar, Afsaneh; Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Alagumalai, V; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Das, Oisik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Functionalized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were used in the present investigation to enhance the fracture behavior of carbon epoxy composite in order to prevent delamination if any crack propagates in the resin rich ...
    • Experimental Investigation of Thrust Force, Delamination and Surface Roughness in Drilling Hybrid Structural Composites 

      Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Marimuthu, Uthayakumar; Rajendran, Sundarakannan; Veerasimman, Arumugaprabu; Mahaboob Basha, A; Bin Abdul Majid, MS; Esmaeely neisiany, Rasoul; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad; Das, Oisik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Filled hybrid composites are widely used in various structural applications where machining is critical. Hence, it is essential to understand the performance of the fibre composites’ machining behaviour. As such, a new ...
    • Fire behavior of wood-based composite materials 

      Renner, Juliana Sally; Mensah, Rhoda Afriyie; Jiang, Lin; Xu, Qiang; Das, Oisik; Berto, Filippo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Wood-based composites such as wood plastic composites (WPC) are emerging as a sustainable and excellent performance materials consisting of wood reinforced with polymer matrix with a variety of applications in construction ...
    • The Flame Retardancy of Polyethylene Composites: From Fundamental Concepts to Nanocomposites 

      Rezvani Ghomi, Erfan; Khosravi, Fatemeh; Mossayebi, Zahra; Saedi Ardahaei, Ali; Morshedi Dehaghi, Fatemeh; Khorasani, Masoud; Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely; Das, Oisik; Marani, Atiye; Mensah, Rhoda Afriyie; Jiang, Lin; Xu, Qiang; Försth, Michael; Berto, Filippo; Ramakrishna, Seeram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Polyethylene (PE) is one the most used plastics worldwide for a wide range of applications due to its good mechanical and chemical resistance, low density, cost efficiency, ease of processability, non-reactivity, low ...
    • Impact response and damage tolerance of hybrid glass/kevlar-fibre epoxy structural composites 

      Alagumalai, Vasudevan; Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Balasubramanian, Navin Kumar; Krishnamoorthy, Yoganandam; Ganesan, Velmurugan; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Berto, Filippo; Chanda, Avishek; Das, Oisik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The present study is aimed at investigating the effect of hybridisation on Kevlar/E-Glass based epoxy composite laminate structures. Composites with 3 mm thickness and 16 layers of fibre (14 layers of E-glass centred and ...
    • The mechanical testing and performance analysis of polymer-fibre composites prepared through the additive manufacturing 

      Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Rajendran, Deepak Joel Johnson; Babu, Karthik; Rajendran, Sundarakannan; Veerasimman, Arumugaprabu; Marimuthu, Uthayakumar; Singh, Sunpreet; Das, Oisik; Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely; Hedenqvist, Mikael S.; Berto, Filippo; Ramakrishna, Seeram (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • The mechanical testing and performance analysis of polymer-fibre composites prepared through the additive manufacturing 

      Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Rajendran, Deepak Joel Johnson; Babu, Karthik; Rajendran, Sundarakannan; Veerasimman, Arumugaprabu; Marimuthu, Uthayakumar; Singh, Sunpreet; Das, Oisik; Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely; Hedenqvist, Mikael S.; Berto, Filippo; Ramakrishna, Seeram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The development of fibre composites in recent years has been remarkably strong, owing to their high performance and durability. Various advancements in fibre composites are emerging because of their increased use in a ...
    • Optimisation of Mechanical Properties in Saw-Dust/Woven-Jute Fibre/Polyester Structural Composites under Liquid Nitrogen Environment Using Response Surface Methodology 

      Ganesan, V; Shanmugam, Vigneshwaran; Kaliyamoorthy, B; Sanjeevi, S; Shanmugam, SK; Alagumalai, V; Krishnamoorthy, Y; Försth, Michael; Sas, Gabriel; Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad; Das, Oisik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Natural fibre-based composites are replacing traditional materials in a wide range of structural applications that are used in different environments. Natural fibres suffer from thermal shocks, which affects the use of ...
    • Phase formation during heating of amorphous nickel-based bni-3 for joining of dissimilar cobalt-based superalloys 

      Naalchian, Mojtaba; Kasiri-Asgarani, M.; Shamanian, Morteza; Bakhtiari, Reza; Bakhsheshi-Rad, Hamid Reza; Berto, Filippo; Das, Oisik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Phase transformations and the melting range of the interlayer BNi-3 were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, which showed three stages of crystallization during heating. There were three exothermic peaks ...
    • Wood dust flammability analysis by microscale combustion calorimetry 

      Xu, Qiang; Jiang, Lin; Majlingova, Andrea; Ulbrikova, Nikoleta; Mensah, Rhoda Afriyie; Das, Oisik; Berto, Filippo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      To study the practicability of a micro combustion calorimeter to analyze the calorimetry kinetics of wood, a micro combustion calorimeter with 13 heating rates from 0.1 to 5.5 K/s was used to perform the analysis of 10 ...