Frontal polymerizations: from chemical perspectives to macroscopic properties and applications

BA Suslick, J Hemmer, BR Groce, KJ Stawiasz… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and processing of most thermoplastics and thermoset polymeric materials rely
on energy-inefficient and environmentally burdensome manufacturing methods. Frontal …

Sandwich structures for energy absorption applications: A review

F Tarlochan - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
It is crucial that proper engineering structures are designed as energy absorbers for high
dynamic loading situations, such as accidents, blasts, or impacts. The role of such structures …

Closed-loop systems to circular economy: A pathway to environmental sustainability?

S Kara, M Hauschild, J Sutherland, T McAloone - CIRP Annals, 2022 - Elsevier
The global society faces an existential threat if it fails to meet current and future material
needs of its populations, while staying within the carrying capacity of our planet. An …

Sustainability in the manufacturing of composite materials: A literature review and directions for future research

V Lunetto, M Galati, L Settineri, L Iuliano - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Composite materials showed great potential in replacing metal components in several
applications allowing adequate component strength with reduced weight. From a …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute sustainability: Challenges to life cycle engineering

MZ Hauschild, S Kara, I Røpke - CIRP annals, 2020 - Elsevier
The global society faces huge challenges to meet the expanding needs of a growing
population within the constraints posed by a climate crisis and a strongly accelerated loss of …

Additive manufacturing for the automotive industry: on the life-cycle environmental implications of material substitution and lightweighting through re-design

PC Priarone, AR Catalano, L Settineri - Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Springer
The automotive sector has recently been taking measures to reduce fuel consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions for the mobility of ground vehicles. Light-weighting, via material …

Mechanical performances of lightweight sandwich structures produced by material extrusion-based additive manufacturing

SM Zaharia, LA Enescu, MA Pop - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing Process (ME-AMP) via Fused Filament
Fabrication (FFF) offers a higher geometric flexibility than conventional technologies to …

Critical life cycle inventory for aluminum die casting: A lightweight-vehicle manufacturing enabling technology

W Liu, T Peng, Y Kishita, Y Umeda, R Tang, W Tang… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Driven by the target of carbon neutrality, the vehicle industry is striving to implement energy
conservation and emission reduction (ECER). Aluminum (Al) alloy, which is an effective …

The influence of end-of-life regulation on vehicle material circularity: A comparison of Europe, Japan, Australia and the US

VK Soo, M Doolan, P Compston, JR Duflou… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
For many years, regulation and life cycle studies have focussed on reducing the
environmental footprint of vehicles. Despite the implementation of different end-of-life …

State-of-the-art of sandwich composite structures: manufacturing—to—high performance applications

A Kausar, I Ahmad, SA Rakha, MH Eisa… - Journal of Composites …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This cutting-edge review highlights the fundamentals, design, and manufacturing strategies
used for sandwich composites. Sandwich composite structures have the advantages of light …