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Retraction

RETRACTED: Alshahrani et al. Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran 11001, Saudi Arabia
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Department of the Textile Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology of Industries, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum P.O. Box 407, Sudan
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Safat College of Science and Technology, Khartoum P.O. Box 321, Sudan
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International University of Africa, Khartoum P.O. Box 407, Sudan
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, J.N.N Institute of Engineering, Chennai 600025, India
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Polymer Composite Research Lab, Metro Composites, Chennai 600095, India
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Coatings 2024, 14(4), 494; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14040494
Submission received: 1 April 2024 / Accepted: 4 April 2024 / Published: 17 April 2024
The Coatings Editorial Office retracts the article, “Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher regarding the ownership of the data presented in this publication [1].
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and the Editorial Board that confirmed that the data contained in this article are subject to an intellectual property agreement, and the authors did not receive appropriate permission from the University of Nottingham (Ningbo, China) to publish. As such, the Editorial Office, Editorial Board and the authors have decided to retract this article [1], as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30 (accessed on 3 April 2024)) and in line with the Committee on Publication Ethics retraction guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines (accessed on 3 April 2024)).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of Coatings.
The authors did not agree with this retraction.

Reference

  1. Alshahrani, H.; Ahmed, A.; Kabrein, H.; Prakash, V.R.A. RETRACTED: Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Alshahrani, H.; Ahmed, A.; Kabrein, H.; Prakash, V.R.A. RETRACTED: Alshahrani et al. Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423. Coatings 2024, 14, 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14040494

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Alshahrani H, Ahmed A, Kabrein H, Prakash VRA. RETRACTED: Alshahrani et al. Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423. Coatings. 2024; 14(4):494. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14040494

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Alshahrani, Hassan, Azzam Ahmed, Hashim Kabrein, and V. R. Arun Prakash. 2024. "RETRACTED: Alshahrani et al. Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423" Coatings 14, no. 4: 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14040494

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Alshahrani, H., Ahmed, A., Kabrein, H., & Prakash, V. R. A. (2024). RETRACTED: Alshahrani et al. Mechanical Properties Study on Sandwich Composites of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Using Liquid Thermoplastic Resin, Elium®: Preliminary Experiments. Coatings 2022, 12, 1423. Coatings, 14(4), 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14040494

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