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Falcó, O. (author), Lopes, C. S. (author), Sommer, D. E. (author), Thomson, D. (author), Ávila, R. L. (author), Tijs, B.H.A.H. (author)The capability to accurately analyse the response of multi-directional composite laminates during impact events is of high importance for the design of lightweight aircraft structures. In this work, both experimental and numerical analyses are performed covering a large design-space of laminates for all aspects from on-set of damage and...journal article 2022
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El-Dessouky, Hassan M. (author), Saleh, M. (author), Wang, Ying (author), Alotaibi, Mohamed S. (author)The effect of the weaving architecture and the z-binding yarns, for 2D and 3D woven composites on the low-velocity impact resistance of carbon fibre reinforced composites, is investigated and benchmarked against noncrimp fabric (NCF). Four architectures, namely: NCF, 2D plain weave (2D-PW), 3D orthogonal: plain (ORT-PW) and twill (ORT-TW), were...journal article 2021
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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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Post, W. (author), Cohades, A. (author), Michaud, V (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author)We report the development of an intrinsic healing glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite based on a disulphide-containing organic-inorganic thermoset matrix. Thermomechanical experiments showed that the newly developed matrix has a combination of a Young's modulus value in the range of (800–1200 MPa), the ability to multiple...journal article 2017
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Blok, L.G. (author), Kratz, J. (author), Lukaszewicz, D. (author), Hesse, S (author), Ward, C. (author), Kassapoglou, C. (author)Fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composite materials can provide superior specific energy absorption performance over conventional metallic structures if crush stability can be maintained during the impact event. The core in sandwich structures helps to stabilise the crush front by preventing global buckling, but delamination remains a barrier to...journal article 2016