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De Mooij, C. (author), Martinez, M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Existing shape sensing methods use individual sensor types, determining either strain or displacement well, but not both. More accurate shape sensing could improve load estimation, necessary for accurate life assessment of the structure.conference paper 2015
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Skandali, M. (author), Jansen, K.M.B. (author), Koussios, S. (author), Sinke, J. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The purpose of this study is to simulate the two-dimensional, transient and continuous heat transfer during the thermoset Automated Tape Laying (ATL) process. The heat transfer analysis is coupled with a cure kinetics model of the thermoset prepreg tapes used for the process. Unlike most studies, the process is modelled in a Lagrangian framework...conference paper 2015
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Koutras, N. (author), Fernandez Villegas, I. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)In this work, the effect of temperature exposure on the strength of resistance welded joints is analysed. Glass fibre polyphenylene sulphide (GF/PPS) laminates were joined using the resistance welding technique and a stainless steel metal mesh as the heating element. Single lap shear tests at temperatures between 20°C and 150°C were performed to...conference paper 2015
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Yao, L. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This paper provides a study on mode I fatigue delamination growth in composite laminates using energy principles. Experimental data has been obtained from fatigue tests conducted on Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) specimens at various stress ratios. A concept of fatigue fracture toughness is proposed to interpret the stress ratio effect in crack...conference paper 2015
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Miesen, N. (author), Sinke, J. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The novelty of the research is the detection of different types of flaws in the prepreg carbon fibre-reinforced fibres (CFRP) layup compared to in cured products. This paper presents the development of a new method for in situ detection of prepreg CFRP production flaws combining laser displacement sensors and analytical modelling. Experimental...journal article 2015
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Amaral, L. (author), Yao, L. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This work proposes to treat quasi-static mode I delamination growth of CFRP as a low-cycle fatigue process. To this end, mode I quasi-static and fatigue delamination tests were performed. An average physical Strain Energy Release Rate (SERR), derived from an energy balance, is used to characterize the energy released in crack extension. The...conference paper 2015
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Current prediction methods for growth of disbonds under fatigue loading are generally based on a correlation with either the maximum strain energy release rate (SERR) or the SERR range. This paper highlights some issues with this approach. In particular, it is argued that the maximum SERR or the SERR range alone do not give sufficient...journal article 2014
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Liu, P. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Optical coherence elastography (OCE) has been applied to the study of microscopic deformation in biological tissue under compressive stress for more than a decade. In this paper, OCE has been extended for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, to deformation measurement in a glass fiber composite in the field of nondestructive testing. A...journal article 2014
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The concept of relating fatigue disbond growth to the strain energy release rate (SERR) is critically examined. It is highlighted that the common practise of using only the maximum SERR or only the SERR range is insufficient to correctly characterize a load cycle. As crack growth requires energy, it is argued that growth should be related to the...journal article 2014
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)An overview is given of the development of methods for the prediction of fatigue driven delamination growth over the past 40 years. Four categories of methods are identified: stress/strain-based models, fracture mechanics based models, cohesive-zone models, and models using the extended finite element method. It is highlighted that most models...journal article 2013
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Iqbal, H.M.S. (author), Stec, A.A. (author), Patel, P. (author), Bhowmik, S. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)With increasing interest in epoxy-based carbon fiber composites for structural applications, it is important to improve the fire resistant properties of these materials. The fire resistant performance of these materials can be improved either by using high performance epoxy resin for manufacturing carbon fiber composite or by protecting the...journal article 2013
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Liu, P. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Based on a customized time-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, a series of signal processing approaches have been designed and reviewed. To improve demodulation accuracy and image quality, demodulation approaches such as median filter, Hilbert transform, and envelope detector were investigated with simulated as well as experimental...journal article 2013
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Morinière, F.D. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Tooski, M.Y. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)An experimental study was performed on the repeated low-velocity impact behaviour of GLARE. Damage evolution in the material constituents was characterised with successive number of impacts. Records were correlated with visual inspection, ultrasound C-scan and chemical etching. The stiffness of the plate varied when cumulating the number of...journal article 2012
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Sadighi, M. (author), Pärnänen, T. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Sayeaftabi, M. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The impact response of fiber metal laminates (FMLs), has been investigated with experiments and numerical simulations, which is reported in this article. Low-velocity impacts were carried out to study the effects of metal type and thickness within FMLs. Glare5-3/2 laminates with two aluminum layer thicknesses and a similar FML containing...journal article 2012
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Morinière, F.D. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)An analytical and experimental investigation into the low-velocity behaviour of GLARE Fibre-Metal Laminates (FMLs) has been performed. A quasi-static approach was developed to estimate the perforation energy absorbed between the constituents of GLARE. The analysis considered contact area increase during perforation and strain rate effect on...journal article 2012
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- Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Rans, C.D. (author) patent 2012
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Ruiz-Ripoll, M.L. (author), Schut, H. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)We have investigated the evolution of damage during fatigue loading in Al–Cu 2024-T3 alloys using the positron annihilation Doppler Broadening (DB) technique. This technique enables us to monitor in a non destructive way, at the atomic and vacancy level, the formation of deformation defects and their interaction with solute atoms at selected...conference paper 2011
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- Ruiz-Ripoll, M.L. (author), Schut, H. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author) conference paper 2011
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Miesen, N. (author), Mizutani, Y. (author), Groves, R.M. (author), Sinke, J. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This paper demonstrates that existing Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) techniques have potential during the production phase in addition to their application for maintenance and for in-flight monitoring. Flaws occur during composite fabrication in industry, due to an imperfect process control and human errors. This decreases production...conference paper 2011
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Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Sinke, J. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)This article studies the properties of a wide range of friction-stir-welded joints with dissimilar aluminum alloys or thicknesses. Two aluminum alloys, namely, 2024-T3 and 7075-T6, are selected for the study and are welded in ten different combinations of alloys and thicknesses. The welding parameters are optimized for each configuration, and a...journal article 2010