[HTML][HTML] Advances in machine learning-aided design of reinforced polymer composite and hybrid material systems

CE Okafor, S Iweriolor, OI Ani, S Ahmad, S Mehfuz… - Hybrid Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforced composite is a preferred choice of material for the design of industrial lightweight
structures. As of late, composite materials analysis and development utilizing machine …

Deep-learning image enhancement and fibre segmentation from time-resolved computed tomography of fibre-reinforced composites

R Guo, J Stubbe, Y Zhang, CM Schlepütz… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Monitoring the microstructure and damage development of fibre-reinforced composites
during loading is crucial to understanding their mechanical properties. Time-resolved X-ray …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental determination of bimodal strength distribution of S-glass fibers

R Ganesh, AA Obaid, JW Gillespie Jr - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Tensile strength distribution of S-Glass fibers at small gage lengths on the order of the
ineffective length is required for both analytical and numerical models of composite …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of unidirectional composite failure envelope shape on predicting compressive failure of a laminate with a filled-hole

IR Cózar, JM Guerrero, P Maimí, A Arteiro… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent decades, several computational models have emerged at the mesoscale for
predicting the failure development and strength of composite materials. Nevertheless, the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on the fundamental mechanical properties and probabilistic characteristics of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite plates

B Huang, M Ma, X Liu, Z Shi, A Wang, G Xu, Q Yue - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the fundamental mechanical properties of tension, bending, shear,
and torsion for unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates. First, the …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudo-ductile effects in±45∘ angle-ply CFRP laminates under uniaxial loading: Compression and cyclic tensile test

MCS Moreno, SH Muñoz - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The capacity of symmetric±4 5∘ angle-ply laminates of carbon fibre reinforced polymer to
hold large strains before final failure is studied in uniaxial tensile and compressive loading …

Modeling of the coefficient of thermal expansion of 3D-printed composites

E Polyzos, D Van Hemelrijck, L Pyl - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in 3D-printed composites
reinforced with short fibers. A novel analytical approach is introduced rooted in extracting …

[HTML][HTML] Sub-microscale speckle pattern creation on single carbon fibers for scanning electron microscope-digital image correlation (SEM-DIC) experiments

K Shah, S Sockalingam, H O'Brien, G Yang… - Composites Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
High performance carbon fibers are widely used as fiber reinforcements in composite
material systems for aerospace, automotive, and defense applications. Longitudinal tensile …

[HTML][HTML] Super-resolution processing of synchrotron CT images for automated fibre break analysis of unidirectional composites

R Karamov, C Breite, SV Lomov, I Sergeichev, Y Swolfs - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fibre breaks govern the strength of unidirectional composite materials under tension. The
progressive development of fibre breaks is studied using in situ X-ray computed …

Vine copulas for accelerated prediction of composite strength variability

B Van Bavel, D Vandepitte, D Moens - Computers & Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Composite materials are essential for many advanced engineering applications, but
numerical quantification of strength variability can be computationally expensive. This paper …