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Kupski, J.A. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The goal of this study is to explore new topologies for adhesively bonded composite overlap joints in order to improve their strength under tensile loading. Multiple stacked overlaps, also referred as finger joints, are compared with single overlap topologies. The quasi-static tensile behaviour of single lap joints with two overlap lengths 12...journal article 2020
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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 aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the adherend material on the mode I fracture behaviour of bi-material composite bonded joints. Both single-material (steel-steel and composite-composite) and bi-material (steel-composite) joints bonded with a structural epoxy adhesive are studied. Additionally, two adhesive bondline...journal article 2020
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Li, X. (author), Kupski, J.A. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)This study investigates the early fatigue damage of cross-ply carbon/epoxy laminates. The aim is to unfold the damage accumulation process, understand the interaction between different damage mechanisms, and quantify their contribution to stiffness degradation. Tension-tension fatigue tests were performed, while edge observation and DIC...journal article 2020
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Quan, D. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author), Tsakoniatis, Ioannis (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Scarselli, Gennaro (author), Murphy, Neal (author), Ivanković, Alojz (author), Benedictus, R. (author)A high-power UV-irradiation technique was proposed for the surface treatment of PPS and PEEK composites, aiming to achieve good adhesion with epoxy adhesives. The composite substrates were rapidly UV-irradiated for a duration of between 2–30s, and then bonded using an aerospace film adhesive to produce joints. Tensile lap-shear strength and...journal article 2020
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Tsiangou, E. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Ultrasonic welding is a highly promising technique for joining thermoplastic to thermoset composites. A neat thermoplastic coupling layer is co-cured on the surface to be welded to make the thermoset composite ‘weldable’. A reliable bond is attained when miscible thermoplastic and thermoset materials are chosen. For welding carbon fibre...journal article 2020
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Tomić, Nataša Z. (author), Saleh, M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Živković, Andreja (author), Vuksanović, Marija (author), Poulis, J.A. (author), Marinković, Aleksandar (author)This paper presents a new process for obtaining eco-epoxide adhesives synthesized from bio-renewable raw material (tannic acid-TA) and used for bonding lightweight materials (aluminum (Al) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP). Two synthesized bio-epoxy components based on TA, (A) glycidyl ether and (B) glycidyl phosphate ester of TA,...journal article 2020
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Saeedifar, M. (author), Saleh, M. (author), El-Dessouky, Hassan M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)This study is devoted to the damage characterization of Non-Crimp Fabric (NCF), 2D plain-woven (2D-PW) and 3D orthogonal plain-woven (ORT-PW) carbon/epoxy laminates, subjected to compression after multiple-impact loading, using Acoustic Emission (AE). The ultrasonic C-scan images showed that the interlaminar damage area induced by the single and...journal article 2020
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Saleh, M. (author), Saeedifar, M. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)Mechanics of double-lap Steel-to-CFRP adhesively-bonded joints loaded in tension are investigated experimentally using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) and Acoustic Emission (AE), analytically using a one-dimensional closed-form solution and numerically with Finite Element analysis. The double-lap bi-material joints are fabricated of a steel core...journal article 2020
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Kupski, J.A. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)The aim of this study is to evaluate the enhanced off-axis properties of thin plies to improve the performance of adhesively bonded carbon fiber reinforced polymers. Single lap bonded joints with three different ply thicknesses of 200 μm, 100 μm and 50 μm were tested under quasi-static tensile loading. Acoustic Emission and Digital Image...journal article 2020
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Marques, Ana C. (author), Mocanu, Alexandra (author), Tomić, Nataša Z. (author), Balos, Sebastian (author), Stammen, Elisabeth (author), Lundevall, Asa (author), Abrahami, Shoshan T. (author), Günther, Roman (author), de Kok, John M.M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)Using adhesives for connection technology has many benefits. It is cost-efficient, fast, and allows homogeneous stress distribution between the bonded surfaces. This paper gives an overview on the current state of knowledge regarding the technologically important area of adhesive materials, as well as on emergent related technologies. It is...review 2020
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Tsiangou, E. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)With its short heating times, ultrasonic welding is a highly promising technique for joining thermoplastic (TPC) to thermoset (TSC) composites, to prevent thermal degradation of the thermoset adherend. A neat thermoplastic coupling layer is co-cured on the surface to be welded to make the TSC “weldable”. For welding CF/PEEK to a TSC adherend,...conference paper 2020
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Wang, W. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Adhesive bonding is a highly desirable joining technique to join composites to metals. The surfaces of both composite and metal substrates have to be carefully treated before bonding them together, in order to avoid interface failure between the adherend's surface and adhesive. This paper describes the surface pretreatments on carbon fiber...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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Saeedifar, M. (author), Saleh, M.M.A.H. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The increasing use of Adhesively-bonded joints in industrial applications resulted in more attention to damage assessment in these joints. The aim of the present study is to characterize the damage in bi-material double-lap adhesively-bonded joints by Acoustic Emission (A E). Two different structural adhesives, representing a ductile ...conference paper 2019
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Kupski, J.A. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Camanho, P. P. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Single lap bonded joints with four different composite adherend stacking sequences were tested and numerically simulated. The aim was to evaluate the effect of the layups on the quasi-static tensile failure of the bonded joints. The study shows that increasing the adherends bending stiffness postpones the damage initiation in the joint....journal article 2019
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Saleh, M. (author), El-Dessouky, Hassan M. (author), Saeedifar, M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Scaife, Richard J. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)This paper investigates the effect of the fabric architecture and the z-binding yarns on the compression after multiple impacts behavior of composites. Four fiber architectures are investigated: non-crimp fabric (NCF), 2D plain weave (2D-PW), 3D orthogonal plain (ORT-PW) and twill (ORT-TW) weave. The specimens were subjected to single and...journal article 2019
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Saeedifar, M. (author), Saleh, M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The aim of the present study is to characterize the damage in bi-material steel-to-composite double-lap adhesively-bonded joints using Acoustic Emission (AE). Two different structural adhesives, a ductile (Methacrylate-based) and brittle (Epoxy-based), were used to bond CFRP skins to a steel core. The fabricated joints were loaded in tension...journal article 2019
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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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Kupski, J.A. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The goal of this study is to investigate new designs of composite bonded joints in order to improve their strength under tensile loading. Multiple stacked overlaps are compared with single overlap designs. The concept of multiple stacking is well known as ply-interleaving technique for co-curing dissimilar materials. For a secondary bonding...conference paper 2019
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Heide-Jørgensen, Simon (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Budzik, Michal K. (author)This paper addresses the fracture behaviour of bonded composite plates featuring a kissing bond along the crack growth path. Double cantilever beam (DCB) experiments are carried out under a displacement controlled loading condition to acquire the load response. The experimental data are collected and analysed analytically for specimens with...journal article 2018