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Flame-retardant hybrid epoxy laminates cut heat release in lab fire tests
Lab laminates of hybrid epoxy released far less heat in cone calorimeter tests, at one thickness and one heat flux. HB is a basic plastics rating, not a building fire class, so nothing to act on yet.
MDPI (Materials)Industrial
Steered fibre paths raise buckling load of stiffened composite panel in simulation
Steering fibres in a stiffened panel raised its buckling resistance, but only in a computer model; no panel was built or tested. Nothing to act on yet, even for aerospace laminates made by automated fibre placement.
SAGE Publications (Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites)Aerospace
Lab panels of recycled PET cladding tested for strength and heat
Small lab panels only, and cladding that melts at 300 °C is far from what facade fire rules expect. Interesting as a use for waste plastic and tyres; nothing to act on yet.
Springer Nature (Discover Civil Engineering)Construction
Hybrid glass and polypropylene epoxy laminates resist seawater better over 30 days
A single lab study of E-CR glass and polypropylene hybrid epoxy laminates, aged in seawater for 30 days. Promising for marine work, but a month is short and nothing here changes a specification today: nothing to act on yet.
MDPI PolymersMarine
Silica and alumina nanoparticles cut shrinkage in polyurethane/epoxy grout
Lab results only, so not yet a basis for specification, but if nanoparticle-reinforced polyurethane/epoxy grouts reach the market they could suit crack injection and ground consolidation where shrinkage gaps are a risk. Specifiers should expect to ask for independent field data, cure behaviour and pricing before weighing them against established systems.
WileyConstruction
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