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Eleftheroglou, N. (author), Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author)Data-driven methodologies have found increasing usage in the last decade for remaining useful life (RUL) prognostics of composite materials utilizing structural health monitoring (SHM) data. Of particular interest is the reliable RUL prediction in cases where the end-of-life is not in between the extreme values within the testing dataset. For...journal article 2024
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Ke, L. (author), van der Meer, F.P. (author)Numerical methods for delamination analysis, such as the cohesive zone method, require fracture energy as an essential input. Existing formulations rely on a phenomenological relationship that links fracture energy to the mode of fracture based on linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). However, doubts exist about the applicability of LEFM....journal article 2024
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Cornet, A.J. (author), Homborg, A.M. (author), Ravi Anusuyadevi, P. (author), 't Hoen-Velterop, L. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Despite extensive research, eliminating hexavalent chromium-based inhibitors from aerospace coatings remains challenging due to a lack of understanding of coating degradation during aircraft service. This study addresses the issue by investigating the protective mechanisms and aging processes of chromate-containing coatings on aircraft...journal article 2024
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Cernuschi, Federico (author), Kulczyk-Malecka, Justyna (author), Zhang, Xun (author), Nozahic, Franck (author), Estournès, Claude (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)The thermal diffusivity and conductivity of dense and porous binary composites having an insulating and conducting phase were studied across its entire composition range. Experimental evaluation has been performed with MoSi<sub>2</sub> particles embedded into yttria partially stabilized zirconia (YPSZ) as prepared by spark plasma sintering ...journal article 2023
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Sadighi, M. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Fathi, Azadeh (author), Soltannia, Babak (author), Hedayati, R. (author)Damages to aircraft fuselages by ice impactors are categorized as barely visible impact damage (BVID). As the application of composite laminates in manufacturing aircraft fuselage is increasing rapidly, studying hail impact on composite laminates seems crucial. Investigation of variation of delamination area and link-up area for different...journal article 2023
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Li, X. (author)Fatigue damage of composite laminates has attracted considerable attention from research community and industry, in view that laminated structures are inevitable to suffer from fatigue loading during their service life. It is rather complicated to understand and explain, what governs the initiation, accumulation, interaction (synergy or...doctoral thesis 2022
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Katuin, N. (author), Peeters, D.M.J. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author)Carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) outperform most structural engineering materials in specific stiffness and/or specific strength, especially in their unidirectional configuration. Unidirectional composites can be found as individual structural elements in cables or pin-loaded straps; they are however most commonly found in the...conference paper 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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Palin, D. (author), Style, Robert W. (author), Zlopasa, J. (author), Petrozzini, Jonathan J. (author), Pfeifer, Mark A. (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author), Dufresne, Eric R. (author), Estroff, Lara A. (author)The promise of crystal composites with direction-specific properties is an attractive prospect for diverse applications; however, synthetic strategies for realizing such composites remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that anisotropic agarose gel networks can mechanically "mold" calcite crystal growth, yielding anisotropically structured,...journal article 2021
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Ma, Lulu (author), Liu, Feng (author), Liu, D. (author), Liu, Y. (author)The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is gaining increasing popu-larity in impact-resistant devices, automotives, biomedical devices and aircraft structures due to their high strength-to-weight ratios and their potential for impact energy absorption. Impact-induced high loading rates can result in significant changes of...review 2021
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Omairey, Sadik L. (author), Sampethai, Sofia (author), Hans, Luka (author), Worrall, Chris (author), Lewis, Stuart (author), Muijs, L. (author), Veldman, S.L. (author), Doldersum, M.H.J. (author), Tonnaer, R. (author)In this study, the development of innovative tooling and end-effector systems for the assembly of a multifunctional thermoplastic fuselage is presented. The increasing demand for cleaner and new aircraft requires utilising novel materials and technologies. Advanced thermoplastic composites provide an excellent material option thanks to their...journal article 2021
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Liu, Y. (author), van der Meer, F.P. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author), Ke, L. (author)The mode-I dynamic fracture energy and failure mechanisms of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites are investigated with an embedded cell model of the single-edge-notched-tension (SENT) geometry. Under an applied dynamic loading, a crack may propagate in the embedded microstructure, accompanied by the development of a fracture process...journal article 2021
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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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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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Kocaman, E. S. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Pinho, S. T. (author)Design and optimisation of large structures, including the positioning of lower-level components, typically require extensive user involvement and sequential mechanical analysis/optimisation iterations. This paper presents an original method that enables adaptive positioning of lower-level models (such as components) within higher level...journal article 2020
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Liu, Y. (author), van der Meer, F.P. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author), Fan, J. T. (author)With a classical notched configuration, the damage process in the transverse plane of fiber-reinforced polymer composites are studied by a direct numerical simulation model (DNS). However, to avoid high computational costs the region in which the fiber/matrix microstructure is explicitly modeled must remain small. Therefore, away from the...journal article 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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Xu, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Strain hardening cementitious composites are a class of cementitious materials showing metal-like (i.e. pseudo-plastic) behavior in tension due to their multiple cracking ability. This is commonly achieved through use of fiber reinforcement (such as PVA) or, similarly, textile reinforcement (TRC). Increasing the ductility is important in...conference paper 2019
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Liu, Y. (author), van der Meer, F.P. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author)An asymptotic homogenization model considering wave dispersion in composites is investigated. In this approach, the effect of the microstructure through heterogeneity-induced wave dispersion is characterised by an acceleration gradient term scaled by a “dispersion tensor”. This dispersion tensor is computed within a statistically equivalent...journal article 2019
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Kocaman, E.S. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Pinho, S. T. (author)This paper presents a new polymorphic element modelling approach for multi-scale simulation, with an application to fracture in composite structures. We propose the concept of polymorphic elements; these are elements that exist as an evolving superposition of various states, each representing the relevant physics with the required level of...journal article 2019
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