A review on corrosion, mechanical, and electrical properties of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites for high-voltage insulator core rod applications: challenges …

VE Ogbonna, API Popoola, OM Popoola, SO Adeosun - Polymer Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites have been proven to be a
promising material for use in fabricating insulator core rods for high-voltage transmission …

Modelling and analysis of simulated lightning strike tests: A review

SLJ Millen, A Murphy - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Aircraft are increasingly being made of electrically resistive composites, rather than
conductive metals. Therefore, it is important to analyse the damage caused by a lightning …

Characterisation of the lightning strike damage mechanics onto composite materials and discussion on its numerical modelling techniques

A Sontakkey, M Kotambkar, K Kaware - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2024 - Springer
Offshore structures and airframes are more likely to catch lightning. Carbon/glass Fibre
Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites are the top priority material for such structures, for …

Vertical z-axis discontinuous carbon fibers for improved lightning strike performance of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composites

NS Hmeidat, SLJ Millen, S Saha… - Journal of …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Effective lightning strike protection for critical aerospace and wind applications requires high
electrical conductivity to dissipate current efficiently. However, polymer matrix composites …

Modeling the lightning continuing current electric arc discharge and material thermal damage: Effects of combinations of amplitude and duration

Y Liu, Y Wang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The damage depth of a material is a key parameter for industrial objects in consideration of
the lightning threat. The continuing current component in a multiple lightning sequence …

Challenges and Future Recommendations for Lightning Strike Damage Assessments of Composites: Laboratory Testing and Predictive Modeling

Y Wang, Y Fan, OI Zhupanska - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lightning strike events pose significant challenges to the structural integrity and
performance of composite materials, particularly in aerospace, wind turbine blade, and …