All Outputs (15)

An experimental investigation of tensile residual strength of repaired composite laminates after low velocity impact (2024)
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Damghani, M., Atkinson, G., Thapa, P., Joy, J., Monaghan, M., Maleki, P., & Ward, C. (2024). An experimental investigation of tensile residual strength of repaired composite laminates after low velocity impact. Thin-Walled Structures, 200, Article 111896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2024.111896

Low Velocity Impact (LVI) of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) components are common during the manufacture and in-service life of aerostructures. However, the resulting effect on structural mechanical properties has not been extensively studied... Read More about An experimental investigation of tensile residual strength of repaired composite laminates after low velocity impact.

Experimental study of bonded, bolted, and hybrid bonded-bolted single lap shear joints with woven CFRP adherends (2024)
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Damghani, M., Saad Khan, M., & Atkinson, G. A. (2024). Experimental study of bonded, bolted, and hybrid bonded-bolted single lap shear joints with woven CFRP adherends. Composite Structures, 334, Article 117989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.117989

This paper presents an extensive experimental performance study of bonded joints (BJs), only bolted joints (OBJs) and hybrid bonded-bolted joints (HJs). For each joint type, three test configurations are considered: namely, short, medium and long ove... Read More about Experimental study of bonded, bolted, and hybrid bonded-bolted single lap shear joints with woven CFRP adherends.

Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique (2024)
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Maleki, P., Akbarzadeh, A., & Damghani, M. (2024). Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique. Global Journal of Research in Engineering, 23(4),

Nowadays, metal/polymer/metal laminates are extensively used in various industries due to their unparalleled properties. In this study, the roll bonding process was employed for lamination of low carbon steel (St14) and semi-melted thermoplastic poly... Read More about Effect of interlayer thickness on mechanical properties of steel/polymer/steel laminates fabricated by roll bonding technique.

Numerical shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation and experimental study of hybrid composite plates under in-plane shear loading (2023)
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Damghani, M., Matthews, J., Murphy, A., & Featherston, C. (2023). Numerical shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation and experimental study of hybrid composite plates under in-plane shear loading. Structures, 51, 372-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.03.066

Shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation of a damage tolerant hybrid (GFRP-CFRP) composite laminate is performed using the commercial Optistruct solver. The results of the optimisation study are compared to both a benchmark non-damage tole... Read More about Numerical shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation and experimental study of hybrid composite plates under in-plane shear loading.

An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates (2023)
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Damghani, M., Saddler, J., Sammon, E., Atkinson, G. A., Matthews, J., & Murphy, A. (2023). An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates. Composite Structures, 305, 116506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116506

This paper investigates the effect of transverse impact loading on the in-plane shear behaviour of two laminate configurations. The extensive experimental studies consider a pure carbon laminate (type 1) and a novel X-shaped carbon/glass laminate (ty... Read More about An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates.

Experimental and numerical study of hybrid (CFRP-GFRP) composite laminates containing circular cut-outs under shear loading (2022)
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Damghani, M., Ali, R., Murphy, A., & Fotouhi, M. (2022). Experimental and numerical study of hybrid (CFRP-GFRP) composite laminates containing circular cut-outs under shear loading. Thin-Walled Structures, 179(October 2022), 109752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2022.109752

Previous works have established the response and failure behaviour of hybrid (CFRP-GFRP) laminates when subjected to a wide range of destabilising loads. However, to date no works have focused on plates with cut-outs under shear loading and quantifie... Read More about Experimental and numerical study of hybrid (CFRP-GFRP) composite laminates containing circular cut-outs under shear loading.

Design, novel quality check and experimental test of an original variable length stepped scarf repair scheme (2021)
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Damghani, M., Bolanos, S., Chahar, A., Matthews, J., Atkinson, G. A., Murphy, A., & Edwards, T. (2022). Design, novel quality check and experimental test of an original variable length stepped scarf repair scheme. Composites Part B: Engineering, 230, Article 109542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109542

The performance of well-established stepped scarf repair schemes for highly loaded composite structures has been studied in previous works. However, none of the proposed repair schemes appear to minimise healthy material removal. Thus, this paper pro... Read More about Design, novel quality check and experimental test of an original variable length stepped scarf repair scheme.

Detection of barely visible impact damage in polymeric laminated composites using a biomimetic tactile whisker (2021)
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Fotouhi, S., Khayatzadeh, S., Pui, W. X., Damghani, M., Bodaghi, M., & Fotouhi, M. (2021). Detection of barely visible impact damage in polymeric laminated composites using a biomimetic tactile whisker. Polymers, 13(20), Article 3587. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13203587

This is a novel investigation on the possibility of detecting barely visible impact damage (BVID) in composite materials by whisking across the surface via tactile whisker sensors that resemble rats' whiskers. A series of drop tower low-velocity impa... Read More about Detection of barely visible impact damage in polymeric laminated composites using a biomimetic tactile whisker.

Using laminate hybridisation (CFRP-GFRP) and shaped CFRP plies to increase plate post-buckling strain to failure under shear loading (2021)
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Damghani, M., Wallis, C., Bakunowicz, J., & Murphy, A. (2021). Using laminate hybridisation (CFRP-GFRP) and shaped CFRP plies to increase plate post-buckling strain to failure under shear loading. Thin-Walled Structures, 162, Article 107543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.107543

Previous works have established the response and failure behaviour of hybrid (CFRP-GFRP) laminates when subjected to a wide range of destabilising loads. However, to date no works have quantified the influence of selective laminate shapes and hybridi... Read More about Using laminate hybridisation (CFRP-GFRP) and shaped CFRP plies to increase plate post-buckling strain to failure under shear loading.

A comparative study on glass and carbon fibre reinforced laminated composites in scaled quasi-static indentation tests (2020)
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Fotouhi, M., Damghani, M., Leong, M. C., Fotouhi, S., Jalalvand, M., & Wisnom, M. R. (2020). A comparative study on glass and carbon fibre reinforced laminated composites in scaled quasi-static indentation tests. Composite Structures, 245, Article 112327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112327

This paper investigates the effect of fibre properties of composite structures on the mechanical performance and formation of low-velocity impact damage. Quasi-static indentation tests were conducted on a comprehensive set of scaled Quasi Isotropic (... Read More about A comparative study on glass and carbon fibre reinforced laminated composites in scaled quasi-static indentation tests.

Experimental evaluation of residual tensile strength of hybrid composite aerospace materials after low velocity impact (2019)
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Damghani, M., Ersoy, N., Piorkowski, M., & Murphy, A. (2019). Experimental evaluation of residual tensile strength of hybrid composite aerospace materials after low velocity impact. Composites Part B: Engineering, 179, Article 107537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107537

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Although much work has considered hybridised Carbon and Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers to positively influence the performance of composite structures when subjected to transverse impact loading, there is limited understanding co... Read More about Experimental evaluation of residual tensile strength of hybrid composite aerospace materials after low velocity impact.

Understanding the influence of laminate stacking sequence on strain/stress concentrations in thin laminates at repair holes with large scarf angles (2019)
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Damghani, M., Bakunowicz, J., & Murphy, A. (2019). Understanding the influence of laminate stacking sequence on strain/stress concentrations in thin laminates at repair holes with large scarf angles. Journal of Composite Materials, 53(28-30), 4273-4284. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998319855772

Scarf repair is widely used in the restoration of structural performance of damaged aircraft secondary structures. Such repairs result in reduced thickness sections which are significantly larger than those associated with typical fastener holes. Sig... Read More about Understanding the influence of laminate stacking sequence on strain/stress concentrations in thin laminates at repair holes with large scarf angles.

The effects of composite laminate stiffness and loading on stress resultant concentration factor around a hole (2018)
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Damghani, M., Harrison, C., & Kennedy, D. (2018). The effects of composite laminate stiffness and loading on stress resultant concentration factor around a hole. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232(6), 1033-1049. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406218755187

© 2018, © IMechE 2018. An analytical tool is developed using conformal mapping and the complex variable method for determining the stress resultant concentration factor in an infinite plate with a circular or elliptical hole. This tool is validated a... Read More about The effects of composite laminate stiffness and loading on stress resultant concentration factor around a hole.

Global buckling of composite plates containing rectangular delaminations using exact stiffness analysis and smearing method (2014)
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Damghani, M., Kennedy, D., & Featherston, C. (2014). Global buckling of composite plates containing rectangular delaminations using exact stiffness analysis and smearing method. Computers and Structures, 134, 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2013.12.005

The global buckling of a composite plate with a single rectangular delamination is studied using a smearing method and employing exact stiffness analysis and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Computational efficiency is achieved by avoiding discretisa... Read More about Global buckling of composite plates containing rectangular delaminations using exact stiffness analysis and smearing method.

Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis (2011)
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Damghani, M., Kennedy, D., & Featherston, C. (2011). Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis. Computers and Structures, 89(13-14), 1286-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.04.003

The critical buckling of composite plates with through-the-length delaminations is studied using exact stiffness analysis and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Computational efficiency is achieved by avoiding discretisation into elements, making the m... Read More about Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis.