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Talagani, M.R. (author)
doctoral thesis 2014
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Dillinger, J.K.S. (author)
The application of composite material in load carrying structural components of an aircraft is rapidly gaining momentum. While part of the reason for this can certainly be attributed to an increasing confidence of designers in the new material as a result of growing experience, two other crucial points can be made. One, the continuous...
doctoral thesis 2014
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Khani, A. (author)
Automated fibre placement (AFP) machines are able to place simultaneously several bundles of fibres, called tows, on a surface. Using AFP machines, it is also possible to manufacture composite laminates with fibres placed in curvilinear paths. The fibre orientations and stiffness properties of these laminates are spatially varied and hence they...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Nagelsmit, M.H. (author)
Composites are notorious for their poor impact behaviour. Delaminations seriously decrease the compressive strength of the material after impact. Laminates made from woven fabric show in general more beneficial impact behaviour than laminates with unidirectional layers, but their manufacturing process is harder to automate. The new fibre...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Liang, K. (author)
Thin-walled structures, when properly designed, possess a high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratio, and therefore are used as the primary components in some weight critical structural applications, such as aerospace and marine engineering. These structures are prone to be limited in their load carrying capability by buckling, while...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Qian, C. (author)
In this research, extensive fatigue tests were performed on single glass fibres and composite coupons. Comparison of the test results shows that there is a significant difference between the fibre and composite fatigue behaviour. In order to clarify this difference, a multi-scale micro-mechanical model was developed. This model predicts fatigue...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Pahlavan, L. (author)
In order for the increased use of fiber-reinforced composite structures to be financially feasible, employment of reliable and economical systems to detect damage and evaluate structural integrity is necessary. This task has traditionally been performed using off-line non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques. Safety enhancement programs and cost...
doctoral thesis 2012
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Thuwis, G.A.A. (author)
doctoral thesis 2012
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Kassapoglou, C. (author)
The increased use of advanced composite materials on primary aircraft structure has brought back to the forefront the question of how such structures perform under repeated loading. In particular, when damage or other stress risers are present, tests have shown that the load to cause failure after a given number of cycles is a decreasing...
doctoral thesis 2012
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Nagy, A.P. (author)
Design optimisation is of paramount importance in most engineering, e.g. aeronautical, automotive, or naval, disciplines. Its interdisciplinary character is manifested in the synthesis of geometric modelling, numerical analysis, mathematical programming, and computer sciences. The evolution of the field is closely related to concomitant advances...
doctoral thesis 2011
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Van Campen, J.M.J.F. (author)
Advancements in automated fibre-placement (AFP) technology make it possible to take laminate tailoring further than just stacking sequence optimisation; they enable the designer to vary the fibre orientation angle spatially within each ply. Spatial variation of fibre orientation angles results in a variable stiffness (VS) laminate. The work...
doctoral thesis 2011
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IJsselmuiden, S.T. (author)
Fiber reinforced composite materials have gained widespread acceptance for a multitude of applications in the aerospace, automotive, maritime and wind-energy industries. Automated fiber placement technologies have developed rapidly over the past two decades, driven primarily by a need to reduce manufacturing costs and improve product consistency...
doctoral thesis 2011
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De Breuker, R. (author)
Morphing aircraft can change their shape radically when confronted with a variety of conflicting flight conditions throughout their mission. For instance the F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft, known from the movie Top Gun, was able to sweep its wings from a straight wing configuration to a highly swept version. Such concepts, which are basically...
doctoral thesis 2011
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Totaro, G. (author)
doctoral thesis 2011
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Fagiano, C. (author)
doctoral thesis 2010
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Blom, A.W. (author)
The use of fiber-reinforced composites in aerospace structures has increased dramatically over the past decades. The high specific strength and stiffness, the tailorability, and the possibilities to integrate parts and reduce the number of fasteners give composites an advantage over metals. Automation of the production process enables large...
doctoral thesis 2010
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Rahman, T. (author)
In this thesis, a finite element based perturbation approach is presented for geometrically nonlinear analysis of thin-walled structures. Geometrically nonlinear static and dynamic analyses are essential for this class of structures. Nowadays nonlinear analysis of thin-walled shell structures is often done using finite element based incremental...
doctoral thesis 2009
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Lopes, C.S. (author)
For a long time, the application of composite materials was restricted to military aircraft and secondary structures of commercial aircraft. Furthermore, the design possibilities offered by composite laminates were narrowed to quasi-isotropic configurations due to their closer behaviour with monolithic materials, hence with a more predictable...
doctoral thesis 2009
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Zakhama, R. (author)
Topology optimisation of continuum structures has become mature enough to be often applied in industry and continues to attract the attention of researchers and software companies in various engineering fields. Traditionally, most available algorithms for solving topology optimisation problems are based on the global solution approach and...
doctoral thesis 2009
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Vries, J. De (author)
Imperfections are irregularities of the shape of a thin-walled shell, such as those used for rocket structures or silos. Knowing the imperfections is very important as thin-walled shells are very sensitive to imperfections. Even a small deviation with respect to the perfect shell shape reduces the buckling load significantly. The main objective...
doctoral thesis 2009
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