The widespread generation of, ever increasing volumes of and the sustainable management of solid wastes are global issues of great concern. Due to wide variations in composition and associated complexities, significant ...

Honeycomb sandwich structures are used in a wide variety of applications. Nevertheless, because of manufacturing defects or impact loads, these structures can experience imperfect bonding or debonding between the skin and ...

The processes of manufacture by mechanical forming are essential for the industrial sector because they allow high production speeds and consequent reductions in costs. In this way the manufacturing process by forming ...

Additive manufacturing is a technique that has been widely used for the manufacture of aeronautical and space components, due to its ease in manufacturing parts with complex geometry with less waste of raw material. Parallel ...