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Dataset for the hybrid non-toughened and toughened epoxy adhesive properties

Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan

In this article, the manufacturing and toughening effects on the material properties of epoxy adhesives used in wind tur-bine rotor blades are presented. Different adhesive materi-als are developed by combining SPABONDTM 820HTA (non-toughened) and SPABONDT ...

ELSEVIER2023

Effects of aging in dry environment on physical and mechanical properties of a cold-curing structural epoxy adhesive for bridge construction

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Maria Savvilotidou

The effect of physical aging and continuation of curing on the physical and mechanical properties of a commercial cold-curing structural epoxy adhesive used in bridge construction has been investigated during the first year. Since adhesive bridge joints ar ...

Elsevier2017

The challenges of quasi-static and fatigue experiments of structural adhesives

Anastasios Vassilopoulos

This paper presents the results of an experimental campaign designed specifically to investigate unexpected and unwanted failures observed during the quasi-static and fatigue tensile loading of structural adhesives. Simple finite element models were also d ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Fracture in complex balsa cores of fiber-reinforced polymer sandwich structures

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Michael Osei-Antwi

Fracture in the complex balsa cores of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich beams was analyzed. The cores were composed of high- and low-density balsa layers separated by a circular adhesive interface or FRP arch. The balsa layers were cut from panels w ...

Elsevier2014

Stress ratio effect on tension-tension fatigue behavior of angle-ply GFRP laminates

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

The effect of the stress ratio (R = sigma(min)/sigma(max)) on the fatigue behavior of (+/- 45)(2s) angle-ply glass/epoxy composite laminates was investigated by comparing their mechanical, thermal, and optical properties under the stress ratio of 0.5 with ...

2019

Spatial variability in longitudinal elastic modulus of clear timber

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Alireza Farajzadeh Moshtaghin

Different factors such as age, location of timber within the tree, structural imperfections, load history such as wind and snow etc. can affect the material properties of timber taken from the same species, and grown in the same geographical location and l ...

2015

Comparison of genetic programming with conventional methods for fatigue life modeling of FRP composite materials

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

Genetic programming is used in this paper for modeling the fatigue life of several fiber-reinforced composite material systems. It is shown that if the genetic programming tool is adequately trained, it can produce theoretical predictions that compare favo ...

2008

Transfer learning-based approach for evaluating residual stiffness in carbon fiber reinforced composites and adhesives

Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Licai Cao

This work proposes a transfer learning-based encoder-decoder framework to predict the relationship between loading conditions and residual stiffness in carbon fiber reinforced composites and adhesives. The encoder, built from a Convolutional Neural Network ...

2025

Modeling of fatigue behavior based on interaction between time- and cyclic-dependent mechanical properties

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

A general constitutive equation was established using the theory of viscoelasticity in order to consider the interaction of the time- and cyclic-dependent mechanical properties of laminated composites. This equation was solved for two specific loading patt ...

2019

The history of fiber-reinforced polymer composite laminate fatigue

Anastasios Vassilopoulos

Investigations of the fatigue performance of composite materials have accompanied their introduction in several engineering domains since the 1950s. An abundance of publications have emerged dealing with the experimental investigation of the fatigue perfor ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

A 3D printed bio-composite removable connection system for bamboo spatial structures

Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Romain Pascal T van Wassenhove

A 3D printed bio-composite removable connection system for bamboo space structures is introduced in this paper. The system consists of a removable clipping connection for raw bamboo structures, adapted to the European market. The use of parametric design a ...

2021

Tension-tension fatigue behavior of hybrid glass/carbon and carbon/carbon composites

Anastasios Vassilopoulos

This work investigates the quasi-static, low-cycle and fatigue behavior of hybrid glass/ultra-high modulus carbon (GC) and low modulus/ /high modulus carbon (CC) fiber composites. These pseudo-ductile unidirectional interlayer hybrids are a new type of com ...

2021

Analytical modeling of local stresses at Balsa/timber core joints of FRP sandwich structures

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Michael Osei-Antwi

In order to optimize sandwich structures, core materials of different density and thus different stiffness and strength are often combined. The material discontinuities at joints of dissimilar core materials may lead to abrupt changes of the shear angles a ...

Elsevier2014

Artificial neural networks in spectrum fatigue life prediction of composite materials

Anastasios Vassilopoulos

An artificial neural network has been proved to be a sufficient tool for modelling fatigue life of multidirectional composite laminates made of GFRP composite materials and tested under constant amplitude loading patterns. Modelling efficiency of the netwo ...

Elsevier2007

Behavior of CFRP composites and epoxy adhesives after long-term exposure to outdoor and laboratory-controlled environments

Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Joao Gomes Pereira Junior

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites have shown desirable properties in aerospace, automotive, and construction industries. Focusing on the latter and in the context of strengthening existing structures, CFRP composites are typically bonded to ...

Elsevier BV2024

Early-age tensile properties of structural epoxy adhesives subjected to low-temperature curing

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Omar Moussa

The early-age mechanical property development of structural adhesives during low temperature curing is critical for the outdoor construction of engineering structures, such as bridges or buildings. Construction of these structures is also carried out durin ...

2012

Testing mechanical performance of adhesively bonded composite joints in engineering applications: an overview

Anastasios Vassilopoulos

The development of new adhesives has allowed to expand the application of bonding into the most diverse industrial fields. This review article presents the commonly used experimental methods for the investigation of mechanical performance of adhesively bon ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD2022

Quantification of spatial variability for transverse elastic modulus of spruce wood

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Alireza Farajzadeh Moshtaghin

Different factors such as age, location of timber within the tree, structural imperfections, load history such as wind and snow etc. can affect the material properties of timber. Consequently, there is a high variability in the mechanical properties which ...

2016

Standard specimen geometries do not always lead to consistent fatigue results for epoxy adhesives

Filippo Mannino, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan

This paper questions the recommendation regarding the use of standard specimen geometries, (Type I, Type II, and Type IV), for estimating the tensile quasi-static and fatigue properties of structural epoxy adhesives. The work presents results from an exper ...

2025

Effects of low and high temperatures on tensile behavior of adhesively-bonded GFRP joints

Yi Zhang, Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

The tensile behavior of adhesively-bonded double-lap joints composed of pultruded glass fiber-reinforced adherends and an epoxy adhesive was investigated under temperatures ranging between -35°C and 60°C. The load-elongation response was influenced primari ...

2010