Recent advances in fibre-hybrid composites: materials selection, opportunities and applications

Y Swolfs, I Verpoest… - International Materials …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibre-hybrid composites are composed of two or more fibre types in a matrix. Such
composites offer more design freedom than non-hybrid composites. The aim is often to …

A systematic review on translaminar fracture damage propagation in fiber-reinforced polymer composites

FM Monticeli, FR Fuga, MV Donadon - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes a systematic review on the propagation of translaminar damage in
FRP considering different specimen configurations, data reduction schemes, fracture …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating drop-weight impact and compression after impact tests on composite laminates using conventional shell finite elements

EV González, P Maimí, E Martín-Santos, A Soto… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Simulating polymer-based composite structures under low-velocity impact and sequencing
compression after impact loading, is a complex problem that requires using well-suited …

[HTML][HTML] Combining digital image correlation and phased-array ultrasonics for non-destructive testing of translaminar fracture in composite laminates

J Reiner, C Chen, R Vaziri, A Poursartip - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
A simple and efficient non-destructive testing method is presented to quantify translaminar
fracture properties in quasi-isotropic [90/45/0/-45] 3 s T800SC/3900-2B carbon fibre …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of translaminar fracture toughness for the penetration impact behaviour of woven carbon/glass hybrid composites

Y Swolfs, Y Geboes, L Gorbatikh, ST Pinho - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
The impact resistance of fibre-reinforced composites is vital in many applications, and can
be improved by exploiting synergies in fibre-hybridisation. These effects are however not …

On the mixed mode I/II translaminar fracture of plain-weave carbon, E-glass and Kevlar reinforced laminated composites

H Taghibeigi, A Zeinedini, AH Oleiwi - Composites Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The main aim of this study is to investigate the influence of long fiber types on the
translaminar fracture behvior of epoxy-based composites subjected to pure mode I, mixed …

The translaminar fracture toughness of high-performance polymer fibre composites and their carbon fibre hybrids

Y Geboes, A Katalagarianakis, J Soete, J Ivens… - … Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The translaminar fracture toughness is a key property that governs the damage tolerance
and notch sensitivity of fibre-reinforced composites. Compact tension tests were performed …

Initial R-curves for trans-laminar fracture of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates from specimens with increasing size

X Xu, X Sun, MR Wisnom - Composites Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a set of initial R-curves were measured for three different in-plane sizes using
scaled Over-height Compact Tension (OCT) specimens and two different stacking …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation and parametric study of J-integral data reduction methods for the translaminar toughness of hierarchical thin-ply composites

G Broggi, J Cugnoni, V Michaud - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Three different J-integral formulations to derive the experimental translaminar toughness of
composites from compact tension tests with a large-scale fracture process zone are …

3D printed continuous fibre-reinforced composites: Bio-inspired microstructures for improving the translaminar fracture toughness

Y Swolfs, ST Pinho - Composites Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Translaminar fracture toughness is a vital property governing the notch sensitivity and
damage tolerance of composites. Nature has shown that incorporating material transitions …