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Lopes Fernandes, R. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Budzik, Michal K. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The fracture behaviour of joints bonded with a structural epoxy adhesive and bond line thicknesses of 0.1–4.5 mm has been studied. However, limited research is found on similar joints with thicker bond lines, which are relevant for maritime applications. Therefore, the effect of the adhesive bond line thickness, varying from 0.4 to 10.1 mm,...journal article 2019
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Zhao, Y. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Zhou, Zhengong (author), Fang, Guodong (author), Zhang, Jiazhen (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In general, a finite width correction to stress intensity factor (SIF) is required in the fatigue crack growth. The finite width correction factor can be explained physically from the energy point of view. It is assumed that the finite width correction factor primarily constitutes an energy correction factor, i.e. it corrects the applied load...journal article 2018
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Köhler, F. (author), Jongbloed, B.C.P. (author), Morgado Martins Filipe, T.M. (author), Herrmann, Axel (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The increasing use of fibre-reinforced plastics in the aerospace industry leads to challenges in joining these materials. The traditionally used mechanical fasteners introduce damage when used in composites by disrupting the fibres. However, thermoplastic composites allow for fusion bonding processes to join parts. Ultrasonic welding has shown...conference paper 2018
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Eleftheroglou, N. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)A novel framework to fuse structural health monitoring (SHM) data from different in-situ monitoring techniques is proposed aiming to develop a hyper-feature towards more effective prognostics. A state-of-the-art Non-Homogenous Hidden Semi Markov Model (NHHSMM) is utilized to model the damage accumulation of composite structures, subjected to...journal article 2018
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Wang, W. (author), Rans, C.D. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Mechanically fastened joints are susceptible to the presence of multiple-site damage (MSD) cracks in the critical fastener row. Different from the MSD growth in joints consisting of metallic substrates, the two coupled metal crack growth and interfacial delamination propagation failure mechanisms in Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs) make the...journal article 2018
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Tapeinos, I. (author), Rajabzadeh, Aydin (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Koussios, S. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In the field of cryogenic storage, the medium inside the pressure vessel is in a liquid state and thus is incompressible. Therefore the storage tank should be designed in a way, that makes the best possible use of the available space within an aircraft. A composite-overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) based on intersecting spheres (multi-sphere)...conference paper 2018
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Zhao, T. (author), Broek, C.A. (author), Palardy, G. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The research in this paper is an essential part of a bigger effort on developing robust sequential ultrasonic welding of multi-spot welded joints in thermoplastic composites. It mainly focused on assessing the impact of the changes in boundary conditions on the welding process and whether it could be circumvented by using an appropriate...journal article 2018
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van Kuijk, J.J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This paper discusses the appropriateness of crack length as a reference dimension for fatigue damage. Current discussion on short crack versus long crack data is still divided between various approaches to model small crack growth. A proper physical explanation of the probable cause of the apparent differences between short crack and long...journal article 2018
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Quan, H. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Plastic energy dissipation is inevitable during fatigue crack growth. There have been previous attempts reported in literature to correlate the plastic dissipated energy (dW/dN) to fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN). However, at a given dW/dN, the da/dN changes with the ratio of minimum and maximum loads, known as the stress ratio. This paper...journal article 2018
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Amaral, L. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In an attempt to understand quasi-static delamination growth under mixed mode loading conditions from a physics-based perspective, this work first evaluated cracking in isotropic materials. The critical Strain Energy Density (SED) approach is adopted, because physically the onset of crack growth is expected to occur when the energy available...journal article 2018
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Current methods for prediction of fatigue crack growth are based on empirical correlations which do not take the crack growth behaviour within a single cycle into account. To improve these prediction methods, more understanding of the physical mechanisms of crack growth is required. In this research the acoustic emission technique was used to...journal article 2018
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Wang, W. (author), Rans, C.D. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In the context of the prevalence of thin-walled metallic aerospace structures, the added resistance to crack propagation offered by a built-up structure is desirable from a damage tolerance standpoint. The analysis of failure in such structures, however, is limited by the lack of crack opening solutions. This paper develops analytical models...journal article 2018
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Ewald, Vincentius (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In this paper, we investigated transducer placement strategies for detecting cracks in primary aircraft structures using ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The approach developed is for an expected damage location based on fracture mechanics, for example fatigue crack growth in a high stress location. To assess the performance of the...journal article 2018
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Ewald, Vincentius (author), Goby, Xavier (author), Jansen, Hidde (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The near-term artificial intelligence, commonly referred as ‘weak AI’ in the last couple years was achieved thanks to the advances in machine learning (ML), particularly deep learning, which has currently the best in-class performance outperforming other machine learning algorithms. In the deep learning framework, many natural tasks such as...conference paper 2018
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Lavalette, N. (author), Bergsma, O.K. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In the context of lightweight structure design for the transportation and robotics industries, new types of composite structures are being developed, in the form of trusses made of fiber-reinforced polymer composite members of small diameter. The main objective of this work is to study adhesive joints, bonding pultruded composite tubes inside...conference paper 2018
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Çelik, O. (author), Shroff, S. (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author), Bergsma, O.K. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Laser assisted automated tape or fiber placement (LATP/LAFP) with in-situ consolidation is a promising technique for manufacturing large structures, eliminating the limitations of autoclave curing. Currently, 2-D models are mostly preferred for the thermal analysis of the process. A 3-D, transient thermal finite element model is developed to...conference paper 2018
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Ochôa, Pedro (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)One of the advantages of thermoplastic composites relative to their thermoset counterparts is the possibility of assembling components through welding. Ultrasonic welding in particular is very promising for industrialization. However, uncertainty in the fatigue and fracture behaviour of composites is still an obstacle to the full utilisation...journal article 2018
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Usman, M. (author), Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The effect of temperature on fatigue crack growth in epoxy adhesive bonds was investigated for a range of temperatures from -55 to 80[U+202F]°C. The fatigue crack growth behaviour was characterised using both strain energy release rate (SERR) and by measurements of energy dissipation. It was found that for a given maximum SERR, or a given...journal article 2018
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Yao, Liaojun (author), Sun, Yi (author), Guo, Licheng (author), Lyu, Xiuqi (author), Zhao, Meiying (author), Jia, Liyong (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Fatigue delamination in multidirectional composite laminates was experimentally investigated in present study. Both the Paris relation and a modified Paris relation (with a new similitude parameter) were employed to interpret fatigue delamination with significant fibre bridging. The results clearly demonstrated that fatigue delamination was...journal article 2018
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Ochôa, Pedro (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This paper describes the test campaign of an ultrasonic guided wave (GW) based structural health monitoring system (SHM) deployed on a full-scale stiffened panel of a thermoplastic composite horizontal stabilizer torsion box. The diagnostic capabilities of the SHM system were successfully evaluated by testing barely-visible impact damage of...conference paper 2018