Nanoparticles are used in many areas related to composite materials. Recently, the importance of nanoparticle‐reinforced materials in advanced technology has been gradually increasing. In this study, epoxy reinforced with various nanoparticles, and neat epoxy were used to produce woven composites. The fatigue behaviors of woven composites reinforced with various nanoparticles under tension‐compression fatigue loads were investigated. The tensile and fatigue strengths of woven composites enhanced with nanoparticles were compared with woven composites without nanoparticles. Tensile tests showed that the woven composites reinforced with nanoparticles were damaged at high loads. Fatigue tests revealed that the woven composites reinforced with nanoparticles exhibited high cycle numbers. Adding 0.5%, 1%, and %3 nano‐CuO to epoxy increased the cycle numbers of the woven composites by 25%, 67%, and 75% respectively at 60% load level. The failure mechanisms of woven type composite materials were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fiber fractures and delamination damages of samples were observed.

In this study, adhesive wear of woven E-Glass fabric reinforced composites filled with aramid, B4C and mica particles at 0.5% wt. and 1.5% wt. ratios were carried out under dry sliding conditions. The effects of filler type, applied loads (5, 10 and 15 N) and sliding distances (250, 500 and 750 m) on the tribological behavior of the composites were investigated on the pin-on-disc device. As a result of the studies, it was determined that the friction coefficient in aramid reinforced composites was lower than the other reinforced composites. In wear volume due to wear, it was observed that the aramid wear volume was less. In addition, Wear volume increased with increasing load for all particle reinforcements. But, the highest wear volume occurred in the neat wear sample at 15 N load conditions. For the wear rate and wear volume, the fillers have shown improvement up to 1.5% wt. in the composite. 1.5% wt. aramid-filled glass fiber woven composites showed the lowest wear rate: 2.82 × 10−4 mm3/N-m (at 15 N normal load). In addition, in the scanning electron microscope images taken, it was observed that there were breaks in the size of 15.07 µm in the epoxy and 61.11 µm in the fibers. The use of aramid with particle reinforcement rather than fiber is important for wear. In addition, the lowest wear volume was 65% more resistant at 1.5% wt aramid reinforcement and at 15 N load compared to the unreinforced composite in the abrasion tests.

Snow plow equipment is produced with chassis connections suitable for trucks, pickup trucks, tractors, construction machines and pick-ups and mounted in front of the vehicles. In this study, the stress and deflection values of the safety pin used in snow plow equipment will be examined by testing with finite element analysis. In this study, a damaged safety pin was analyzed numerically. The damaged safety pin was modeled with Solidworks package program and stress analysis was performed by ANSYS Workbench package program. In this analysis, the properties of the safety pin made of St37 steel were used. As a result , it was observed that the safety pin was damaged due to the stress distribution.

In this paper, the stress on axially loaded metal sheets with elliptical holes reinforced by a double-sided composite patch was analysed. The metal sheets with elliptical holes were subjected to axial loading, although no load was applied along the edges of the holes. The central elliptical holes on the metal plates had different diameters. The overlap distance of composite patches, which were adhesively bonded on each side, was of varied lengths. Elasto-plastic stress analyses were examined by means of the finite element method (FEM). The experimental results were compared with numerical results and a convergence rate of 92 % was achieved.

Today, while transportation is constantly moving forward, costs are increasing. The aim is to obtain light structures that are suitable in terms of weight, sufficient in strength, and to save materials and energy. Axles are not only used in transport vehicles, but also in buses, automobiles and forklifts. Axles must be of a reliable structure due to their place of use. The external effects that the axles are generally exposed to are the applied loads. In this study, the mechanical damage analysis of the axle shaft and the characteristic changes in steel materials as a result of static loading were investigated numerically. In order to observe the mechanical behavior of the axle shaft under various loading conditions, mechanical tests should be supported by numerical analysis. Because the physical causes of damage development can be understood through numerical analysis. The aim of our study is to reach the most suitable values in the design of the variables with the optimization technique of the axle shaft made of AISI 1035 steel. Optimum values were obtained by performing numerical analyzes of the axle shaft designed with Solidworks program. As a result of the analysis, it was observed that deformation occurred at the ends of the axle.