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Faucon, L.E.K. (author), Boot, T. (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Scott, S.P. (author), Liu, Ping (author), Popovich, V. (author)In this work, the hydrogen fatigue of pipeline steel X60, its girth welds and weld defects were investigated through in situ fatigue testing. A novel in situ gaseous hydrogen charging fatigue set-up was developed, which involves a sample geometry that mimics a small-scale pipeline with high internal hydrogen gas pressure. The effect of hydrogen...journal article 2023
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Ferreira Motta, Roberto (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Yutaka Shiino, Marcos (author), Odila Hilario Cioffi, Maria (author), Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald, Herman (author)After half a century of developing fatigue delamination prediction models, where accuracy seems more important than physical understanding, this research aims to merge both aspects. To that aim, strain energy release (SER) within the fatigue load cycle was studied using acoustic emission. The correlation between the measured strain energy...journal article 2023
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Quan, D. (author), Liu, Jiaming (author), Yao, L. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Zhao, Guoqun (author)The production of advanced composites from recycled carbon fibres (rCFs) is critical for the sustainable development of carbon fibre industry. Herein, non-woven mats consisting of commingled rCFs and Polyphenylene-sulfide (PPS) fibres were compression moulded to manufacture rCF/PPS composites, with the fibre/matrix adhesion being tailored by...journal article 2023
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De Paula Santos, L.F. (author), Monticeli, F.M. (author), Ribeiro, Bruno (author), Costa, Michelle Leali (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Botelho, Edson Cocchieri (author)Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are widely used to produce structural components. However, their low interlaminar strength makes them susceptible to delamination, limiting structural applications. Aiming to solve this problem, this work proposes adding carbon nanotubes buckypaper (BP) into CFR thermoplastic composites as an...journal article 2023
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Niehaus, Anya (author)Pistons for reciprocating compressors for industrial applications are often made of specialised materials. These prove to have problems with manufacture due to the high quality and short production times needed in combination with a low production volume per design. Additive manufacturing, specifically selective laser melting, could solve the...master thesis 2022
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Bristogianni, T. (author)Cast glass has great application potential in the architectural realm, yet, despite its possibilities and attractiveness, designers, engineers and developers are, from an early design stage, hesitant to employ it; the limited available and craft-based manufacturing facilities, the questionable quality of the product, the missing engineering data...doctoral thesis 2022
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Quan, D. (author), Zhao, Guoqun (author), Scarselli, Gennaro (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)A novel co-curing process was proposed for the bonding of carbon fibre/epoxy composites by replacing traditional epoxy adhesives with carbon fibre/PEEK (CF/PEEK) tapes, with an attempt to improve the structure integrity. The lap-shear strengths, fatigue resistance and mode-I and mode-II fracture behaviour of the co-cured joints at 22 °C and...journal article 2022
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Brito, B.C.Q.B. (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author), Dransfeld, C.A. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author)Ultrasonic welding is a promising joining technique for thermoplastic composite parts. On the way towards upscaling and industrialisation of this technology, it is crucial to understanding how it is affected by manufacturing tolerances. The objective of the research presented in this paper was to investigate the influence that misaligned...journal article 2022
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Moreira Arouche, M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), de Barros, Silvio (author)In this work, the influence of a layer of glass fiber mat (GFM) inserted in a bi-material bonded joint interface is investigated as a toughening mechanism to improve the fracture performance of bonded structures. Composite-to-metal bonded specimens were manufactured by hand lay-up using two different consolidation processes: at room pressure...journal article 2021
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Arouche, M.M. (author), Saleh, M. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), De Barros, S.R. (author)This work investigates the effect of long-term environmental exposure on the performance of composite-to-metal bonded joints. Specimens are manufactured using a carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) co-bonded to a steel member with epoxy adhesive and aged in a salt spray chamber. The mixed-mode fracture behavior of the non-aged and aged...journal article 2021
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Boot, T. (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Reinton, T.E. (author), Liu, Ping (author), Walters, C.L. (author), Popovich, V. (author)With fossil fuels being phased out and growing global interest in a hydrogen economy, there is demand for re-purposing existing pipelines for transportation of hydrogen gas. However, hydrogen embrittlement (HE) can limit pipeline steel’s performance. In this study, the effect of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of an X60 base metal ...conference paper 2021
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Saeedifar, M. (author), Saghafi, Hamed (author), Mohammadi, Reza (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The present study evaluates the toughening capability of electrospun PA66 nanofibers for carbon/epoxy composite laminates subjected to mode II loading conditions at elevated temperatures. The Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) test showed that the glass transition temperature of the produced nanofibers is in a range of ∼60–80 °C. Accordingly,...journal article 2021
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Deshmukh, Kaustubh (author)Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, exemplifies the recently emerging processing methodologies that aim to substitute the conventional routes, such as to produce parts with complex geometries and eliminate expensive tooling. AM also allows high degree of freedom and rapid prototyping for functional part optimization. This...master thesis 2020
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Boot, Tim (author)With fossil fuels being phased out and growing global interest in a hydrogen economy, there is demand for re-purposing existing pipelines for transportation of hydrogen gas. However, hydrogen is known to have adverse affects on the properties of steels. Hydrogen will dissolve in the steel matrix and contribute to a reduction of mechanical...master thesis 2020
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Galan Argumedo, Jose (author)Purpose: Additive manufacturing has enabled innovative, cost and resource efficient mass customization of products over a wide range of manufacturing industries. Under the broad spectrum of options for manufacturing of metallic components, Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing, WAAM, offers the combination of high design freedom and productivity at...master thesis 2020
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Quan, D. (author), Bologna, Francesca (author), Scarselli, Gennaro (author), Ivanković, Alojz (author), Murphy, Neal (author)Thermoplastic veils based on Polyethylene-terephthalate (PET), Polyphenylene-sulfide (PPS) and Polyamide-12 (PA) fibres (∼10μm in diameter) were used to interlay unidirectional (UD), non-crimp fabric (NCF) and 5-Harness satin weave (5H) carbon fibre laminates. The PET and PPS veils remained in a fibrous form and the PA veils melted during the...journal article 2020
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Stroeven, P. (author), Słowik, M. (author)Cauchy paved the way for constructing models in concrete technology, and elsewhere. He determined the (non-flat) surface area in 3D by measuring random total projections. Analogously, he determined the length of a curved line in 2D by way of measuring the total projections. The paper will present the mathematical expressions, because in many...journal article 2020
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Maleki, Abdullah (author), Saeedifar, M. (author), Ahmadi Najafabadi, Mehdi (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)The aim of this study is to investigate the failure of cracked aluminum plates repaired by one-side composite patches under fatigue loading using Acoustic Emission (AE) and fractography images. Rectangular specimens made of 6061 aluminum alloy with central through thickness pre-cracks were repaired using glass/epoxy laminated patches. The...journal article 2019
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Lin, Zidong (author), Goulas, C. (author), Ya, Wei (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author)Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a 3D metal printing technique based on the arc welding process. WAAM is considered to be suitable to produce large-scale metallic components by combining high deposition rate and low cost. WAAM uses conventional welding consumable wires as feedstock. In some applications of steel components, one-off...journal article 2019
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Sacchetti, Francisco (author), Grouve, Wouter J B (author), Warnet, Laurent L. (author), Villegas, I.F. (author)It is a common practice in fusion bonding of thermoplastic composites to add a matrix layer between the two substrates to be joined. The aim is to ensure proper wetting of the two parts. The effect of this additional matrix layer on the mechanical performance was studied by mode I fracture toughness measurements. The additional matrix was...journal article 2018