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In automotive engineering, the main load bearing structure (Body-in-White, BIW) has traditionally been manufactured using metals such as steel and light alloys. In order to satisfy upcoming European regulations on CO2 emissions, considerable weight reducti ...
Thermoforming of doubly-curved sandwich components will oer new design possibilities and cost-eective manufacturing routes. However, the occurrence of folds and wrinkles in face sheets is directly linked to the fabric architecture and constitutes a proce ...
A model for the consolidation of thermoplastic composites reinforced with a warpknitted fabric was developed. The evolution of void content during composite consolidation achieved via film stacking was related to the processing parameters and the material ...
The use of randomly distributed steel fibres in the concrete mix improves its mechanical properties. In the particular case of a flat slab-column connection, this solution can provide slabs with an increased load capacity and deformation capacity, allowing ...
Sandwiches based on stampable foam core and face sheets offer potential for cost-effective applications. Since the formability of such sandwich structures mainly depends on the drapability of the face sheets, the deformation behaviour of several types of t ...
The mode I inter-laminar fracture toughness of advanced knitted textile composites was investigated. Two complex weft-knitted glass fabrics were selected for the study: a triple rib knit and a Milano knit were impregnated with a tough epoxy resin and teste ...
The mechanical and damping properties were measured for unidirectional, 0/90 and twill 2/2 flax fibre (FF) composites containing 40 vol% of fibres in an epoxy matrix. All composites were processed by resin transfer moulding. The influence of the impregnati ...
Semi-impregnated fabrics, or semipregs, are fabrics alternating dry and resin impregnated areas along the fibre bed surface. Due to their increased initial through thickness permeability to gas flow, these could constitute an alternative to prepreg in the ...
