Guangyue Liao (German Aerospace Center) Sebastian Geier (German Aerospace Center) Thorsten Mahrholz (German Aerospace Center) Peter Wierach (German Aerospace Center) Martin Wiedemann (German Aerospace Center)

This paper introduces a new method of producing power composites which can store (and delivering) electrical energy whilst learning mechanical loads simultaneously.

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Johanna Xu (Lulea University of Technology) Andrejs Pupurs (Lulea University of Technology) Göran Lindbergh (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Janis Varna (Lulea University of Technology)

This paper demonstrates a methodology for addressing mechanical stresses arising in a conceptualized micro battery cell during electrochemical cycling, caused by time dependent gradients in lithium ion concentration distribution in the carbon fiber.

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Alexander Horoschenkoff (Munich University of Applied Sciences) Leonhard Moosreiner (Munich University of Applied Sciences) Tobias Müller (BMW Group) Jürgen Rackles (Munich University of Applied Sciences)

A new approach for radio frequency identification (RFID) has been investigated for wireless detection of mircocracks and failure of preform overlappings.

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Olga Guselnikova (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University) Pavel Postnikov (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University) Oleksiy Lyutakov (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague)

Facile procedure for covalent functionalization of optical-active gold thin films was developed using water-soluble arenediazonium tosylates. Spontaneous reaction and electrografting approaches were compared for optical applications.

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Min-Woo Han (Seoul National University) Hyung-Il Kim (Seoul National University) Sung-Hoon Ahn (Seoul National University)

Polymer-matrix composite actuator using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) woven laminates was investigated with different configurations of the lamina condition.

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Seyedalireza Razavi (Imperial College London) Lorenzo Iannucci (Imperial College London) Emile Greenhalgh (Imperial College London)

This research work investigates the feasibility of producing a piezoelectric Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) – hereafter called smart fibre, by employing the braiding manufacturing technique, for using in sensing and energy harvesting applications.

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Zhihong XU (Nanjing University of Science and Technology) Zhang Yao (Institute of Soild Mechanics, Beihang University)

In this paper the tetra-needle-shaped zinc oxide whisker (T-ZnOw) was filled in the shape memory polymer (SMP) with different weight fraction and the T-ZnOw/SMP composite obtained the ability of microwave absorption while maintaining the basic thermal mechanical properties and shape memory characteristics.

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Iee Lee Hia (Monash University Malaysia) Eng S. Chan (Monash University) Pooria Pasbakhsh (Monash University)

A new self-healing capsule as the container for epoxy resin has been developed. These capsules are made of alginate biopolymer extracted from seaweed and epoxy resin has been successfully encapsulated to form self-healing capsules.

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Olga Bulderberga (Institute of Polymer Mechanics, University of Latvia) Andrey Aniskevich (InstitUniversity of Latvia) S. Vidinejevs (University of Latvia)

The method of manufacture of a GFRP composite with damage visualization capabilityis proposed.

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Alfonso Martone (CNR - IPCB) Stefania Dello Iacono (CNR - IPCB) Mauro Zarrelli (CNR - IPCB) Michele Giordano (CNR - IPCB) Eugenio Amendola (CNR - IPCB)

The interlaminar properties of carbon fiber composites made by a synthetised system (2Ph2Epo65 Diels-Alder epoxy) have been carried out to assess the multiple healing capability.

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