Measuring the effect of strain rate on deformation and damage in fibre-reinforced composites: A review

JI Perry, SM Walley - Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2022 - Springer
This review aims to assess publications relevant to understanding the rate-dependent
dynamic behaviour of glass-and carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPs). FRPs …

Speckle patterns for DIC in challenging scenarios: rapid application and impact endurance

G Quino, Y Chen, KR Ramakrishnan… - Measurement …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Digital image correlation (DIC) is a widely used technique in experimental mechanics for full
field measurement of displacements and strains. The subset matching based DIC requires …

Effects of water absorption on the mechanical properties of GFRPs

G Quino, VL Tagarielli, N Petrinic - Composites Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reports on the effects of water absorption on the anisotropic mechanical response
of an epoxy resin reinforced with E-glass fibres. Composite specimens were conditioned by …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental characterisation of the dilation angle of polymers

G Quino, J Gargiuli, S Pimenta, I Hamerton… - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the wide use of Drucker-Prager plasticity-based models on polymers, the
experimental measurement of the dilation angle, a critical parameter to fully describe the …

Enhancement of saltwater ageing behavior of nanocomposites and lap joints with boron nanoparticles

Y Korkmaz, E Cetin, K Gültekin - International Journal of Adhesion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presented research aims to enhance the ageing performance of nanocomposites and
bonded joints in the saltwater medium with boron nanoparticle doping. Epoxy …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive investigation on the temperature and strain rate dependent mechanical response of three polymeric syntactic foams for thermoforming and …

Y Chen, G Quino, A Pellegrino - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymeric syntactic foams (PSF) are a kind of composite material, which consists of a
polymer matrix reinforced by hollow thin wall glass micro-spheres. Because of their low …

Mechanical behavior and long-term life prediction of carbon/epoxy and glass/epoxy composite laminates under artificial seawater environment

P Ghabezi, N Harrison - Materials Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an investigation on the long-term performance of carbon/epoxy and
glass/epoxy laminates in an artificial seawater environment with 3.5% salinity. Accelerated …

Strain-rate and off-axis loading effects on the fibre compression strength of CFRP laminates: Experiments and constitutive modelling

D Thomson, G Quino, H Cui, A Pellegrino… - … Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of dynamic longitudinal compression tests have been performed on cross-ply
IM7/8552 specimens cut at different off-axis angles to produce different combinations of …

Analyzing the failure and damage of FRP composite laminates under high strain rates considering visco-plasticity

S Eskandari, FMA Pires, PP Camanho, H Cui… - Engineering Failure …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to analyze composite structures under dynamic condition or model manufacturing
processes in which high strain rates exist, it is important to develop a constitutive model that …

Effect of different types of water soaking and re-drying on mechanical properties of glass fiber-epoxy composites

UA Kini, M Shettar, S Suresh, G MC - Cogent Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites undergo different environmental conditions in
the designed life span. An investigation on aging of FRPs in water helps to enhance the …