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Chen, Sian Ying (author)A structural supercapacitor (SSC) is a composite material that bears mechanical loads and stores energy, and its encapsulation method of the device is vital for scale-up. Here we present an SSC with an encapsulation interface consisting of spread-tow fabric electrodes and glass fabric encapsulators infused with epoxy resin. Through surface...master thesis 2023
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Bangera, Sankalp (author)Composite structures are rapidly transforming the aerospace industry, driven by continuous advancements in manufacturing methods capable of producing optimized structures with variable stiffness that enables the creation of increasingly complex and efficient structures. This project focuses on the development of a global optimization method that...master thesis 2023
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Hierarchical Upscaling of Data-Driven Damage Diagnostics for Stiffened Composite Aircraft StructuresBroer, Agnes A.R. (author), Yue, N. (author), Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)To move towards a condition-based maintenance practice for aircraft structures, design of reliable health management methodologies is required. Development of diagnostic methodologies is commonly realised on simplified sample structures with assumptions that methodologies can be adapted for application to realistic aircraft structures under...conference paper 2023
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Moradi, M. (author), Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Chiachío, Juan (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Loutas, Theodoros H. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)A health indicator (HI) is a valuable index demonstrating the health level of an engineering system or structure, which is a direct intermediate connection between raw signals collected by structural health monitoring (SHM) methods and prognostic models for remaining useful life estimation. An appropriate HI should conform to prognostic...journal article 2023
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Paz Mendez, J. (author), Raimondo, A. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)This study aims at better understanding the damage tolerance of stiffened composite panels subjected to fatigue loads in the post-buckling regime. Ten single-stringer hat-stiffened specimens with an initial delamination between the skin and the stringer foot were manufactured, and then tested under quasi-static and fatigue loads in post...journal article 2023
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Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Eleftheroglou, N. (author), Milanoski, Dimitrios (author), Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author)We present a generic methodology for developing a Health Indicator out of strain-based Structural Health Monitoring data suitable for implementation in prognostic tasks. For this purpose, an in-house test campaign is launched. Single-stringered composite panels are subjected to compression-compression fatigue with the strains being monitored...journal article 2023
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Baciu, Theodor D. (author), Degenhardt, Richard (author), Franzoni, Felipe (author), Gliszczynski, Adrian (author), Arbelo, Mariano A. (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author), Kalnins, Kaspars (author)The Vibration Correlation Technique (VCT) is a non-destructive method to predict buckling loads for imperfection-sensitive structures. While successfully used to validate numerical models and predict experimental buckling loads, recommendations for defining the VCT experiment are scarce. Here, its sensitivity towards the number of load steps...journal article 2023
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Mustafa, S. (author), Harrass, Othman (author), Lukovic, M. (author)The number of hybrid concrete structures is increasing due to the need for repairing/strengthening existing structures and the development of new hybrid concrete systems. The structural response of these hybrid structures might be governed by the strength of the interface between the two concretes, making it essential to characterize the...conference paper 2023
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Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Milanoski, Dimitrios (author), Eleftheroglou, N. (author), Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author)An increasing interest for Structural Health Monitoring has emerged in the last decades. Acoustic emission (AE) is one of the most popular and widely studied methodologies employed for monitoring, due to its capabilities of detecting, locating and capturing the evolution of damage. Most literature so far, has employed AE for characterizing...journal article 2023
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Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Fytsilis, Efthimios (author), Yue, N. (author), Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Milanoski, Dimitrios (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author)In this paper we execute a complex test campaign to develop a novel methodology for the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation of complex multi-stiffened composite aeronautical panels utilizing Machine Learning models trained with Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) data from hierarchically simpler elements, i.e., single-stiffened panels....journal article 2023
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Nastos Konstantopoulos, C. (author), Komninos, P. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)A hybrid methodology based on numerical and non-destructive experimental schemes, which is able to predict the structural level strength of composite laminates is proposed on the current work. The main objective is to predict the strength by substituting the up to failure experiments with non-destructive experiments where the investigated...journal article 2023
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Moradi, M. (author), Chiachío, Juan (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Composite structures are highly valued for their strength-to-weight ratio, durability, and versatility, making them ideal for a variety of applications, including aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure. However, potential damage scenarios like impact, fatigue, and corrosion can lead to premature failure and pose a threat to safety. This...conference paper 2023
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Waaijer, Joost (author)The goal of this thesis is to build an artificial neural network(ANN) surrogate model, that predicts the crashworthiness performance of a structure. The structure used in this research is a thermoplastic fibre-reinforced composite aircraft subfloor section which is part of the SmarT multifUNctioNal and INteGrated thermoplastic fuselage (STUNNING...master thesis 2022
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Bharath, Anirudh (author)This work develops a stand-alone Finite Element-based Unit Cell for the modelling of Fibre Reinforced Composites, capable of capturing 3D stress states and geometrical imperfections at the micro-scale. The project considers different beam and 3D elements for this purpose and draws comparisons between them based on computational efficiency,...master thesis 2022
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- Jørgensen, Anders (author) student report 2022
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Solbes Ferri, Irene (author)The objective of this master project is to improve the current SHM techniques for global damage identification of beam-like composite structures. The studied damage diagnosis method is based on structural vibrations from which the modal parameters are obtained. The literature study provides an overview of the most common vibration-based damage...master thesis 2022
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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A novel and efficient numerical formulation for the modelling of multiple delaminations growth in laminated composite materials subjected to quasi-static loading is presented. The proposed formulation alleviates the high computational cost associated with models featuring cohesive elements by using a novel Adaptive Refinement Scheme and an...journal article 2022
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Bisagni, C. (author), Raimondo, A. (author), Atanasovska, I. (author), Milic, M. (author), Troian, R. (author), Frulla, G. (author), Polla, A. (author), Cora, N. (author), Bekci, M. L. (author)In this paper, a comparison between six finite element models of a representative wing structural component performed in the context of Optimised Design for Inspection (ODIN) project of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is presented. Six partners from six different countries involved in the project received the drawing...journal article 2022
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Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)With the increased use of composites in aircraft, many new successful contributions to the advancement of the structural health monitoring (SHM) field for composite aerospace structures have been achieved. Yet its application is still not often seen in operational conditions in the aircraft industry, mostly due to a gap between research focus...journal article 2022
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Nastos Konstantopoulos, C. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The accuracy of structural analysis in composite structures depends on the proper estimation of the uncertainties mainly related to the mechanical properties of the constituent materials. On this basis, a sophisticated numerical tool is proposed, able to perform stochastic finite element analysis on composite structures with material...journal article 2022