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Translaminar fracture in (non–)hybrid thin-ply fibre-reinforced composites: An in-depth examination through a novel mini-compact tension specimen compatible with microscale 4D computed tomography

Abdullah Aydemir, Véronique Michaud, Joël Cugnoni, Guillaume Clément Broggi, Alexios Argyropoulos

Translaminar fracture toughness is pivotal for notch sensitivity and damage tolerance of fibre-reinforced composites. Hybridisation offers a promising pathway for enhancing this parameter in thin-ply composites. Three novel mini-compact tension specimen ge ...

2025

Coupled micro-computed tomography and micromechanical experiment on the failure of discontinuous porphyry rock

Edward Carlo Giorgio Andò

Rock is a discontinuous, heterogeneous material with complex mechanical behaviour. The variable material properties create uncertainty in response to load, associated rock mass damage and communition. Traditional approaches in rock mechanics rely on labora ...

2025

Freeze-Thaw Durability of Basalt Fibre Reinforced Bio-Based Unsaturated Polyester Composite

Mateus De Assunção Hofmann

This paper presents an experimental study of the wet freeze-thaw (FT) durability of a fibre-polymer composite produced by vacuum infusion using an innovative bio-based unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) and basalt fibres. As the benchmark, an equivalent com ...

MDPI2023

Mechanical behavior and failure of carbon fiber-reinforced composite sandwich structure inspired by curved-crease origami

Thomas Keller

Origami offers a novel design possibility for periodic sandwich cores. The curved-crease origami is adopted to enhance the anti-buckling performance and reduce the abrupt change of the carbon fibers in the origami sandwich cores. CFRP curved-crease origami ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2023

Performance assessment of through-tenon timber joints under tension loads

Yves Weinand, Aryan Rezaei Rad

This paper aims to characterize the force-deformation response of through-tenon wood-wood connections subjected to tensile loads. Four beech LVL timber specimen groups with variations in the fiber orientation, and the tab insertion angle (45°, and 60°) are ...

2019

Fracture mechanics-based progressive damage modelling of adhesively bonded fibre-reinforced polymer joints

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Moslem Shahverdi, Roohollah Sarfaraz Khabbaz, Aida Cameselle Molares

A quasi-static progressive damage model for prediction of the fracture behaviour and strength of adhesively bonded fibre-reinforced polymer joints is introduced in this paper. The model is based on the development of a mixed-mode failure criterion as a fun ...

Wiley2017

Bridging effects on Mixed Mode delamination: experiments and numerical simulation

Marco Borotto

Composite materials and, in particular, Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) have been well studied and developed in the past years due to their advanced mechanical characteristics. These materials are used in several different application fields, such ...

EPFL2016

Progressive failure process of adhesively bonded joints composed of pultruded GFRP

Thomas Keller

Adhesively bonded joints are being used increasingly in civil engineering structures, especially for joints comprising pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) laminates. The layered material architecture, however, leads to a complex delamination fa ...

2008

Influence of the mould thermal expansion on composite stress build-up during curing

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Véronique Michaud, Sébastien Lavanchy

The influence of the mould material on the build-up of internal stresses during autoclave cure of a unidirectional carbon fibre composite material was investigated using embedded optical fibre Bragg gratings. Four flat moulds (i.e. aluminium, steel, carbon ...

2006

Finite element modelling and testing of an injection moulded generic tow reinforced structure

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Martyn Douglas Wakeman

The deformation and fracture behaviour of a generic injection moulded structure reinforced by a robotically placed commingled glass fibre/polypropylene UD-tow (uni-directional) was simulated by finite elements. The suitability of modelling hybrid structure ...

2005