Publications related to Lamination

Influence of ply-angle on fracture in antisymmetric interfaces of CFRP laminates

John Botsis, Georgios Pappas, Charlie Joseph Simon Blondeau

Laminated composites are prone to fracture at layer interfaces. Such damage impairs their structural response and engenders important constraints in design. In this work, the influence of ply orientation on crack growth resistance was studied for three dif ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2019

Electrospun nanofibrous interleaves for improved low velocity impact resistance of glass fibre reinforced composite laminates

Véronique Michaud, Amaël Maximilien Cohades, Lode Geeraard Daelemans

This study analyses the damage tolerance of nanofibre interleaved composites when subjected to low velocity impact. Cross-ply glass/epoxy composite laminates are produced. Drop-weight impact and residual compressive strength measurements are performed on t ...

2018

Effects of load interruption on the fatigue life of GFRP composites

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Abdolvahid Movahedirad

The effect of cyclic loading interruption on the fatigue behavior of angle-ply (±45)2S glass/epoxy composite laminates was investigated by comparing the obtained results of continuous- and interrupted loading patterns. Continuous fatigue experiments were p ...

2018

Numerical simulation of two-dimensional crack propagation

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Aida Cameselle Molares

A numerical investigation was carried out to simulate the experimental results previously obtained concerning two-dimensional in-plane crack propagation in laminated glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) plates. The plates were designed with an embedded ci ...

2018

Distributed modular temperature-strain sensor based on optical fiber embedded in laminated composites

Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Pingyu Zhu

A smart structure based on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) embedding optical fibers is proposed for distributed sensing in structural health monitoring. The proposed CFRP package provides mechanical protection to the optical fiber, enables temperatu ...

2018

Thermo-mechanical stability of lightweight glass-free photovoltaic modules based on a composite substrate

Christophe Ballif, Alessandro Francesco Aldo Virtuani, Hengyu Li, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret Aebi, Valentin Chapuis, Ana Cristina Oliveira Martins

Lightweight PV modules are attractive for building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications, especially for renovated buildings, where the additional load bearing capacity is limited. This work focuses on the development of a lightweight, glass-free pho ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2018

Effect of Loading Pattern on Fatigue Behavior of Laminated Composites

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Abdolvahid Movahedirad

The effect of load interruptions on the fatigue behavior of (±45)2s angle-ply glass/epoxy composite laminates was investigated in this work. Constant amplitude fatigue experiments were performed at different stress levels to derive base line fatigue data. ...

MDPI2018

Towards aerospace grade thin-ply composites: Effect of ply thickness, fibre, matrix and interlayer toughening on strength and damage tolerance

John Botsis, Robin Amacher, Joël Cugnoni, Larissa Sorensen, Sébastien Kohler

Thin-ply composites represent a promising approach to further improve the performance of carbon fibre composite structures thanks to their ability to delay the onset of matrix cracking and delamination up to the point of fibre dominated failure. However, t ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2018

An efficient method for fiber bridging traction identification based on the R-curve: Formulation and experimental validation

John Botsis, Thomas Gmür, Joël Cugnoni, Guillaume Frossard

Fiber bridging is one of the main toughening mechanisms in mode I interlaminar and intralaminar fracture of laminated composites. Intact fibers exert closing forces on both faces of the crack, restraining crack propagation. An effective identification proc ...

Elsevier2017

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Lamination

Influence of ply-angle on fracture in antisymmetric interfaces of CFRP laminates

Electrospun nanofibrous interleaves for improved low velocity impact resistance of glass fibre reinforced composite laminates

Effects of load interruption on the fatigue life of GFRP composites

Numerical simulation of two-dimensional crack propagation

Design of a Fiberglass Skateboard

Distributed modular temperature-strain sensor based on optical fiber embedded in laminated composites

Thermo-mechanical stability of lightweight glass-free photovoltaic modules based on a composite substrate

Effect of Loading Pattern on Fatigue Behavior of Laminated Composites

Towards aerospace grade thin-ply composites: Effect of ply thickness, fibre, matrix and interlayer toughening on strength and damage tolerance

An efficient method for fiber bridging traction identification based on the R-curve: Formulation and experimental validation

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Distributed modular temperature-strain sensor based on optical fiber embedded in laminated composites

Effect of Loading Pattern on Fatigue Behavior of Laminated Composites

An efficient method for fiber bridging traction identification based on the R-curve: Formulation and experimental validation

Influence of ply-angle on fracture in antisymmetric interfaces of CFRP laminates

Effects of load interruption on the fatigue life of GFRP composites

Electrospun nanofibrous interleaves for improved low velocity impact resistance of glass fibre reinforced composite laminates

Numerical simulation of two-dimensional crack propagation

Towards aerospace grade thin-ply composites: Effect of ply thickness, fibre, matrix and interlayer toughening on strength and damage tolerance

Design of a Fiberglass Skateboard

Thermo-mechanical stability of lightweight glass-free photovoltaic modules based on a composite substrate