Various scenarios of end-of-life management of wind turbine blades are reviewed.“Reactive”
strategies, designed to deal with already available, ageing turbines, installed in the 2000s …

Increasing demand for lightweight materials is a major driving force for the steady growth of
the continuous fibre-reinforced polymer composite industry. In recent years, strict global …

The application of the fusion joining method for composite structures is associated with a
nonuniform heat distribution in the heating element, because of which it is difficult to …

The skin/core interphase area of sandwich composites is considered a shortcoming owing to
its low debonding toughness. To address this issue, it is essential to establish an …

Synthetic-fiber-reinforced thermoset composites pose a significant threat of environmental
pollution owing to their nonbiodegradable nature. To address this issue, it is essential to …

Additively manufactured thermoplastic polymers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), hold
significant promise for sustainable engineering structures, including wind turbine blades …

Thermoset fiber reinforced composites, widely used in current structural applications, have
complex repair procedures and generates significant amounts of scrap due to its recycling …

Reactive infusible thermoplastics have the potential to be advantageous for wind turbine
blade composites because they are recyclable at end of life, can have reduced …

As the application of composite materials in structural parts continues to increase, so does
the importance to monitor the structure's health condition during their entire service life. This …

The recycling of thermoset‐based composites is challenging. The replacement of
thermosetting resins with thermoplastics is an initial step to address this issue, together with …