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Robin Amacher

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Transverse cracking in the bulk and at the free edge of thin-ply composites: experiments and multiscale modelling

John Botsis, Robin Amacher, Joël Cugnoni, Sébastien Kohler

Thin-ply composites were shown to exhibit significantly delayed transverse cracking, but the linear onset of damage scaling with ply thickness reported by Amacher et al. (2014) did not correspond to the established LEFM based in situ strength model. This s ...

2019

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

Waves generated by ship convoy: Comparison of physical and numerical modeling with in-situ measurements

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Michael Pfister, Robin Amacher, Théodora Cohen Liechti

A part of the domestic waste of the city of Geneva (Switzerland) is transported with ship convoys on the Rhone River to the waste incineration station. These convoys generate waves, which partially endangers the stability of the river banks and the riparia ...

2016

Wave-reducing Stern Flap on Ship Convoys to Protect Riverbanks

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Michael Pfister, Robin Amacher, Théodora Cohen Liechti

Inland navigable waterways are significant in cargo transport and leisure activities. In parallel, these channels and rivers often suffer from the ship traffic, as the generated waves may damage waterway banks, along with their riparian fauna. As a consequ ...

Amer Soc Naval Eng Inc2015

Thin ply composites: Experimental characterization and modeling of size-effects

John Botsis, Robin Amacher, Joël Cugnoni, Larissa Sorensen

Thin-ply composites are rapidly gaining interest in the composite industry, not only because of the larger design possibilities that they offer, but also because of positive size effects that have been shown to improve performance in various loading condit ...

Elsevier2014

L'HYDROPTERE: HOW MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MAY HELP BREAK THE SAILING SPEED RECORD

Pascal Fua, Véronique Michaud, Mohamed Farhat, Mark Sawley, Michel Deville, Robin Amacher, Joël Cugnoni, Guillaume Bonnier, Luc Blecha, Olivier Braun, Antoine Sigg, Marc Oggier, Daniel Schmäh, Martin Calmon, Stéphane Dyen, Davy Moyon

In 2009, l’Hydroptère broke the symbolic barrier of 50 knots and became the world fastest sailing boat over both 500 meters and 1 nautical mile. This major achievement relied on the high skills of the sailing team but also on technical advances of the boat ...

RINA2010

L'Hydroptère: A story of a dream

2010

Synergie de modélisations physique et numérique pour le développement d’atténuateurs de vagues d’un convoi fluvial / Synergy between physical and numerical modeling used for the development of ship waves attenuator

Robin Amacher, Théodora Cohen Liechti

Le batillage résulte du déferlement des vagues générées par le passage d’une embarcation. Les effets qui en résultent sur le milieu aquatique sont l’érosion des berges et la destruction des habitats. Sur le canton de Genève, une grande partie des déchets m ...

Société Hydrotechnique de France2010

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