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Dai, Hanqing (author), Dai, Wenqing (author), Zhang, Wanlu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Guo, Ruiqian (author)The natural design and coupling of biological structures are the root of realizing the high strength, toughness, and unique functional properties of biomaterials. Advanced architecture design is applied to many materials, including metal materials, inorganic nonmetallic materials, polymer materials, and so on. To improve the performance of...review 2023
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Abedin, K.M. (author), Tao, N. (author), Anisimov, A. (author), Groves, R.M. (author)The performance of defect detection in composite materials using digital shearography is important for correct decision-making in non-destructive testing. In this work, we compared a high-resolution 24-megapixel digital still camera (DSLR) and a conventional medium-resolution 5-megapixel camera to determine the detectability of blind holes in...conference paper 2023
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Fazzi, L. (author), Struzziero, G. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author), Groves, R.M. (author)The unique sensing features of the tilted Fibre Bragg Grating (TFBG) as a single three-parameter optical sensor are demonstrated in this work, to monitor the manufacturing process of composite materials produced using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding (VARTM) process. Each TFBG sensor can measure simultaneously and separately strain,...journal article 2022
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Alves Maia, M. (author), Rocha, I.B.C.M. (author), van der Meer, F.P. (author)In a concurrent (FE2) multiscale modeling is an increasingly popular approach for modeling complex materials. As such, it is especially suited for modeling composites, as their complex microstructure can be explicitly modeled and nested to each integration point of the macroscale. However, this generality is often associated with exceedingly...conference paper 2022
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Chen, X. (author), Ammu, S.K. (author), Masania, K. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Alijani, F. (author)Levitation offers extreme isolation of mechanical systems from their environment, while enabling unconstrained high-precision translation and rotation of objects. Diamagnetic levitation is one of the most attractive levitation schemes because it allows stable levitation at room temperature without the need for a continuous power supply....journal article 2022
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de Zeeuw, C.M. (author), Peeters, D.M.J. (author), Bergsma, O.K. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)For pick-and-place processes to become widely implemented in industry a consistent and acceptable product quality needs to be achieved. In the state of the art it is assumed that reinforcements will be in perfect condition at the start of forming or draping. In reality the handling process can already result in undesired deformations. The...journal article 2022
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Katuin, N. (author), Peeters, D.M.J. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author)The outstanding properties of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites are affected by the development of its microstructure during processing. This work presents a novel approach to identify microstructural features both along the tape thickness and through the thickness. Voronoi tessellation-based evaluation of the fibre volume content on...journal article 2021
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Budzik, Michal K. (author), Wolfahrt, Markus (author), Reis, Paulo (author), Kozłowski, Marcin (author), Sena-Cruz, José (author), Papadakis, Loucas (author), Saleh, M. (author), Machalicka, Klara V. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P. (author)The development of new adhesives has allowed to expand the application of bonding into the most diverse industrial fields. This review article presents the commonly used experimental methods for the investigation of mechanical performance of adhesively bonded joints in the aerospace, wind energy, automotive and civil engineering sectors. In...review 2021
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Santos, Luis F.P. (author), Ribeiro, Bruno (author), Hein, Luis R.O. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Botelho, Edson C. (author), Costa, Michelle L. (author)This work concerns the fatigue behavior at three different temperature conditions (−40, 20, and 80°C) and the addition of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) into a carbon-fiber reinforced poly(ether-imide) composite. The incorporation of MWCNT into the composite increased the tensile strength and Young's modulus by up 5 and 2%, respectively....journal article 2020
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Veldman, S.L. (author), Kortbeek, Peter (author), Wölcken, P.C. (author), R., Herrmann (author), Kos, J. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author)This paper discusses the development and underlying requirements of a multifunctional lower fuselage demonstrator for a new single aisle aircraft undertaken as part of the Clean Sky 2, Large Passenger Aircraft – Platform 2. The demonstrator will validate high potential combinations of airframe structures, systems, cargo and cabin technology...conference paper 2020
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Moreira Arouche, M. (author), Wang, W. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), de Barros, Silvio (author)The dissemination of composite materials introduces applications of hybrid structures with composite and metal parts. The development of reliable methodologies to evaluate the performance of these structures is required. In this work, the mixed-mode fracture behaviour of a bi-material adhesively bonded joint is investigated. A new strain...journal article 2019
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Ribeiro, Fabricio N. (author), Martinez, M.J. (author), Rans, C.D. (author)The lack of a widely-accepted test standard for characterizing the mode II fatigue disbond growth behavior of adhesively bonded interfaces is a challenge to the research community in terms of producing consistent and repeatable results. Typically, researchers apply the End Notch Flexure specimen, which is already used for static delamination...journal article 2019
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Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author)Adhesive bonding is one of the most promising joining technologies for composite aircraft. However, to comply with current aircraft certification rules, current safety-critical bonded joints, in which at least one of the interfaces requires additional surface preparation, are always used in combination with redundant mechanical fasteners, such...journal article 2018
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Hernandez Santana, M. (author), den Brabander, Michael (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)This review outlines latest developments in the field of self-healing rubbers and elastomers, analyzing their potential application to natural rubber (NR). Different validated healing concepts are presented and the possibilities of applying them to NR are discussed. Research in this field should aim at modifying the chemical structure of NR...review 2018
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Sachdeva, S. (author), Koper, S.J.H. (author), Sabetghadam, A. (author), Soccol, Dimitri (author), Gravesteijn, Dirk J. (author), Kapteijn, F. (author), Sudhölter, Ernst J. R. (author), Gascon, Jorge (author), de Smet, L.C.P.M. (author)Affinity layers play a crucial role in chemical sensors for the selective and sensitive detection of analytes. Here, we report the use of composite affinity layers containing Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in a polymeric matrix for sensing purposes. Nanoparticles of NH<sub>2</sub>-MIL-53(Al) were dispersed in a Matrimid polymer matrix with...journal article 2017
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Papadakis, V. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Colijn, R.M. (author), Goedhart, J.J. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author), Groves, R.M. (author)The adhesion process of bonded structures is a very sensitive manufacturing process, namely to surface contaminations. Nowadays, the adhesion quality of bonded joints can only be detected by destructive testing such as peel tests. But, for actual structures destructive testing of every bonded part is obviously not an option and industry is...conference paper 2016
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Shi, H. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Bersee, H.E.N. (author)The process-induced voids during resistance welding of glass fabric-reinforced polyetherimide was investigated. The mechanisms of void formation in adherends, in particular, the residual volatile-induced voids and the fibre de-compaction-induced voids, were analysed. Due to the non-uniform temperature and stress distributions in the joints...journal article 2016
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Latifi, M. (author), Van der Meer, F.P. (author), Sluys, L.J. (author)This paper presents a new damage model for simulating fatigue-driven delamination in composite laminates. This model is developed based on the Thick Level Set approach (TLS) and provides a favorable link between damage mechanics and fracture mechanics through the non-local evaluation of the energy release rate. Previously, this approach has been...conference paper 2015
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- Li, C. (author), Rans, C.D. (author), LaPlante, G. (author), Marsden, C. (author) conference paper 2015
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Teixeira de Freitas, S. (author), Sinke, J. (author)This paper introduces a new type of peel tests dedicated to composite bonding: Composite Peel Tests. This test is inspired on the standard floating roller peel test widely used for metal bonding. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of the Composite Peel Test to assess interface adhesion in composite bonded structures. To this...journal article 2015