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A Lunar Space Elevator [LSE] can be built today from existing commercial polymers; manufactured, launched and deployed for less than $2B. A prototype weighing 48 tons with 100 kg payload can be launched by 3 Falcon-Heavy's, and will pay... more
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      Future StudiesSpace SciencesAstronauticsLunar Science
Dynamic properties of materials such as aramid and polyethylene fiber reinforced composites are rarely found in the literature, in spite of their significance in ballistic design. It is also difficult to find detailed descriptions of the... more
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      Civil EngineeringMaterials ScienceDynamicCharacterisation
The cut and puncture resistance of thermoplastic (TP) impregnated, woven aramid fabric is characterized under quasi-static and dynamic stab testing conditions. Polyethylene, Surlyn®, and co-extruded polyethylene–Surlyn films of various... more
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      Mechanical EngineeringCivil EngineeringAerospace EngineeringCut
Synthetic fiber ropes are characterized by a very complex architecture and a hierarchical structure. Considering the fiber rope architecture, to pass from fiber to rope structure behavior, two scale transition models are necessary, used... more
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      EngineeringLinear ElasticityPolarizable continuum modelAnalytical Model
Synthetic fiber ropes are characterized by a very complex architecture and a hierarchical structure. Considering the fiber rope architecture, to pass from fiber to rope structure behavior, two scale transition models are necessary, used... more
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      EngineeringLinear ElasticityPolarizable continuum modelAnalytical Model
Blends containing PVC and aramid (Ar) matrices were probed for their miscibility. In this respect, Ar chains were synthesized by aromatic diamine and diacid chloride in amide solvent. The Ar thus synthesized was characterized through... more
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      Materials EngineeringFTIR spectroscopyScanning Electron MicroscopyMorphology
Nanocomposites from organoclay and aromatic polyamide were prepared using solution intercalation method. Aramid chains were synthesised by reacting 4aminophenylsulfone with isophthaloyl chloride in dimethylacetamide. Dodecylamine was used... more
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      Materials EngineeringMorphologyNanocompositesThin Films
A series of segmented multiblock copolymers containing aramid hard segments and extended polycaprolactone soft segments (with an M n of 4,200 or 8,200 g mol-1) was prepared and tested for their shape-memory properties. Chain extenders... more
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      PolycaprolactoneAramid
Nanocomposites from organoclay and aromatic polyamide were prepared using solution intercalation method. Aramid chains were synthesised by reacting 4aminophenylsulfone with isophthaloyl chloride in dimethylacetamide. Dodecylamine was used... more
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      Materials EngineeringMorphologyNanocompositesThin Films