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Huo, L. (author)Fibre-reinforced polymer composite laminates are used extensively nowadays in various applications due to their superior mechanical properties. However, a great weakness of composite laminates is their susceptibility to out-of-plane concentrated loading (which can be broadly divided into quasi-static indentation and impact) owing to their weak...doctoral thesis 2023
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Romaris Villanueva, Javier (author)An analytical model for the onset and growth of delaminations induced by matrix cracks under static loading is proposed. The model introduces four distinct configurations of delaminations originating from crack tips, which are applicable to cross-ply and general symmetrical laminates subjected to tension or tension + shear.<br/><br/>The...master thesis 2023
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te Lintelo, Thomas (author)More and more wind turbines are erecting in the landscape, stemming from the need for sustainable energy. However, less attention is paid to the secondary effects of these wind turbines, more specifically, the wind turbine blades. Wind turbine blades are made of composite material, a material that provides many advantageous properties for the...master thesis 2023
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Boul Boul, Idriss (author)In composite structures, delamination damage is typically the most common failure mechanism. Accurately characterizing the delamination behaviour of composite laminates is therefore crucial for predicting the fatigue safe-life of such structures. To this end, double-cantilever beam (DCB) composite specimens are used to measure the interlaminar...master thesis 2023
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Budnik, Bartosz (author)Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite (SHCC) is an innovative type of fibre-reinforced cement-based composite that has superior tensile properties. Because of this, it holds the potential to enhance the shear capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) beams, if applied properly.<br/><br/>Experimental research was thus carried out with the purpose of...master thesis 2023
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Brunner, A.E. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Pascoe, J.A. (author)Quasi-static or cyclic loading of an artificial starter crack in unidirectionally fibre-reinforced composite test coupons yields fracture mechanics data—the toughness or strain-energy release rate (labelled G)—for characterising delamination initiation and propagation. Thus far, the reproducibility of these tests is typically between 10 and...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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Falcetelli, F. (author), Cristiani, D.L.M. (author), Yue, N. (author), Sbarufatti, Claudio (author), Sante, Raffaella Di (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (DOFS) show several inherent benefits with respect to conventional strain-sensing technologies and represent a key technology for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Despite the solid motivation behind DOFS-based SHM systems, their implementation for real-time structural assessment is still unsatisfactory...conference paper 2023
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Yao, Liaojun (author), Liu, J. (author), Lyu, Zhangming (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Hao, Cui (author), Ren, Chuanxi (author), Guo, Licheng (author)Carbon-fibre reinforced composites are susceptible to delamination. Fibre bridging is an important shielding mechanism frequently observed in delamination. The presence of these bridging fibres can significantly increase interlaminar resistance, making it critical to represent this phenomenon for delamination characterization in composite...journal article 2023
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Biagini, D. (author), Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)In previous literature, a plateau phase in fatigue growth of impact delamination projected area in CFRP was found. Explaining this plateau phase still represents a knowledge gap. In the present work, echo-pulse and through thickness transmission ultrasonic scan inspections were combined with acoustic emission monitoring to explain this...journal article 2023
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Biagini, D. (author), Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)Impacts on carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRP) can produce a complex internal damage comprising multiple delaminations, which is hard to detect from visual inspection. This situation is known as barely visible impact damage (BVID). Considering that every airplane faces several impacts during its operational life, and that the majority of...conference paper 2023
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Yao, Liaojun (author), Chuai, Mingyue (author), Liu, J. (author), Guo, Licheng (author), Chen, Xiangming (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Beyens, M. (author)This study provides an investigation on mode I fatigue delamination growth (FDG) with fibre bridging at different R-ratios and temperatures in carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites. FDG experiments were first conducted at different temperatures of R-ratios 0.1 and 0.5 via unidirectional double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens. A fatigue...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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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Tu, W. (author), Biagini, D. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)Fibre reinforced polymer composites have found increasing use in aircraft structures. This means that fleet managers need damage assessment tools for such materials, in order to decide on appropriate sustainment strategies. Developing such tools is hindered by the difficulty of generalising from lab tests to predict the behaviour of full-scale...conference paper 2023
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Abdel-Monsef, S. (author), Tijs, B.H.A.H. (author), Renart, J. (author), Turon, A. (author)The complex failure mechanisms involved in failure of interfaces requires the use of an accurate description of the cohesive law. In recent years, there have been many developments to determine the full shape of the cohesive law. However, most of the existing cohesive zone models assume a simplified shape, such as bilinear, trapezoidal or...journal article 2023
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Tu, W. (author), Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)Delamination growth is a key damage mode threatening the structural integrity of fibre reinforced polymer composite structures. To guide design and damage management of composite structures, research efforts have been made to understand delamination behaviours and establish standardized evaluation methods based mainly on one-dimensional...conference paper 2023
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Bezemer, Jelle (author)Limiting maximum crack widths is a serviceability limit state, which ensures the durability of reinforced structures. In current practice, maximum crack widths are limited by using additional reinforcement, on top of the amount of reinforcement required for the designed ultimate bearing capacity. Reducing the amount of reinforcing steel used,...master thesis 2022
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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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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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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Carreras, Laura (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A novel efficient numerical formulation for the analysis of multiple fatigue-driven delamination cracks is presented. A cohesive zone model is used in combination with an Adaptive Refinement Scheme (ARS) and an Adaptive Floating Node Method (A-FNM) element that refine the model effectively during the analysis. Novel techniques are proposed to...journal article 2022