International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 9 Issue 6

Guest editorial

Spiros Pantelakis

Design of self-healing catalysts for aircraft application

Elisa Calabrese, Pasquale Longo, Carlo Naddeo, Annaluisa Mariconda, Luigi Vertuccio, Marialuigia Raimondo, Liberata Guadagno

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the relevant role of the stereochemistry of two Ruthenium catalysts on the self-healing efficiency of aeronautical resins.

Multi-functional nanotechnology integration for aeronautical structures performance enhancement

Massimo Viscardi, Maurizio Arena, Liberata Guadagno, Luigi Vertuccio, Giuseppina Barra

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the applicative potentiality of functional/self-responsive materials in aeronautics. In particular, the study aims to experimentally…

Mechanical behavior of aeronautical composites containing self-healing microcapsules

Panagiota Polydoropoulou, Christos Vasilios Katsiropoulos, Andreas Loukopoulos, Spiros Pantelakis

Over the last decades, self-healing materials based on polymers are attracting increasing interest due to their potential for detecting and “autonomically” healing damage. The use…

Experimental investigation of the curing behaviour of fibre composite structures with snap-cure polymer systems

Rafal Stanik, Albert Langkamp, Michael Müller, Maik Gude, Anna Boczkowska

Novel snap-cure polymers (SCPs), as matrix systems for high-performance fibre composite materials, provide high potential for manufacturing of component families with small batch…

Active thermography as a tool for internal composite structure observation and evaluation

Katarzyna Majewska, Magdalena Mieloszyk, Wieslaw Ostachowicz

The purpose of this paper is to study if it is possible applying infrared thermography (both vibro and pulsed) to detect and localise material discontinuities as well as to find…

THz spectroscopy for inspection and evaluation of internal structure of sandwich samples

Magdalena Mieloszyk, Katarzyna Majewska, Wieslaw Ostachowicz

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of THz spectroscopy for the inspection and evaluation of the internal structure of complex samples with honeycomb fillers.