Carbon fibres and their composites are well known for their excellent tensile properties and
light weight characteristics which, amongst other advantages continues to drive demand …

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the process of collecting, interpreting, and analysing
data from structures in order to determine its health status and the remaining life span …

Failure prediction for carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites has been a
longstanding challenge. In this study, we address this challenge by first applying a well …

The determination of ply properties of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) for particular
operational environmental conditions in aeronautical applications is mandatory in order to …

The initiation and propagation of kink-bands are investigated through an experimental study
and numerical modelling. Based on the results achieved, the sequence of events and key …

In this work, we design, manufacture, test and discuss the first bio-inspired microstructural
concept to enhance longitudinal compressive performance of multidirectional (MD) Carbon …

The interaction between fiber kink banding and splitting in the compressive response of fiber
composites is investigated by adopting a micromechanics based 2D finite element …

The development of processes for recycling carbon–fibre composite waste rises a question
yet to be answered: how good can the performance of recycled composites be? This paper …

Initial fibre misalignment is recognised to be one of the precursors leading to longitudinal
compressive failure in fibre-reinforced composites. Thus, to properly model their mechanical …

The fractographic aspects of compression failures remain inadequately explored, mainly
due to the damages that the compressive load promotes on the fracture surfaces, which …