A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors In this work, a new generalised quadratic yield function for plane stress analysis that is able to describe the plastic anisotropy of metals and also the asymmetric behaviour in tension-compression typical of the Hexagonal Closed-P... Read More about A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction.

Experimental analysis of GFRP laminates subjected to compression after drilling (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents an experimental study of drilling-induced delamination on the compressive properties of woven glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. In the drilling of laminated composites, interlaminar cracking or delaminat... Read More about Experimental analysis of GFRP laminates subjected to compression after drilling.

Eliminating micro-porous layer from gas diffusion electrode for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. In this work, we report a simple strategy to improve the performance of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) by eliminating the micro-porous layer (MPL) from its gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs). Due... Read More about Eliminating micro-porous layer from gas diffusion electrode for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

Modelling and simulations of a narrow track tilting vehicle (2016)
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Narrow track tilting vehicle is a new category of vehicle that combines the dynamical abilities of a passenger car with a motorcycle. In the presence of overturning moments during cornering, an accurate assessment of the lateral dynamics plays an imp... Read More about Modelling and simulations of a narrow track tilting vehicle.

Trimming simulation of forming metal sheets isogeometric models by using NURBS surfaces (2016)
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Some metal sheets forming processes need trimming in a final stage for achieving the net-shape specification and for removing micro-cracks and irregularities. In numerical simulation, since the exact final edge location is a priori unknown in the ori... Read More about Trimming simulation of forming metal sheets isogeometric models by using NURBS surfaces.

Effect of PVDF nanofibers on the fracture behavior of composite laminates for high-speed woodworking machines (2016)
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© 2016 Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The use of light composites when designing fast moving parts for machine tools is emerging as a very efficient solution for improving productivity. Nevertheless, several aspects of these materials have to b... Read More about Effect of PVDF nanofibers on the fracture behavior of composite laminates for high-speed woodworking machines.

Custom Design Multi-Axial Engine Mount Load-Cell Development for Road Load Identification and Fatigue Life Estimation (2016)
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Copyright © 2016 SAE International. Internal combustion engines are attached on the vehicle body using engine mounts composed of two cast iron brackets and a rubber isolator connecting them. Engine mount road load identification during vehicle durabi... Read More about Custom Design Multi-Axial Engine Mount Load-Cell Development for Road Load Identification and Fatigue Life Estimation.

Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes (2016)
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The extreme importance of emergency response in complex buildings during natural and human-induced disasters has been widely acknowledged. In particular, there is a need for efficient algorithms for finding safest evacuation routes, which would take... Read More about Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes.

3D finite element model for predicting manufacturing distortions of composite parts (2016)
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© SAGE Publications. A 3D finite element model has been developed for predicting manufacturing distortions of fibre-reinforced thermosetting composite parts. The total curing process is divided into three steps that correspond to the states that resi... Read More about 3D finite element model for predicting manufacturing distortions of composite parts.

A Review on the Mechanical Modeling of Composite Manufacturing Processes (2016)
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© 2016, The Author(s). The increased usage of fiber reinforced polymer composites in load bearing applications requires a detailed understanding of the process induced residual stresses and their effect on the shape distortions. This is utmost necess... Read More about A Review on the Mechanical Modeling of Composite Manufacturing Processes.

Failure behavior of composite laminates under four-point bending (2016)
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© The Author(s) 2015. In this study, failure behavior of fiber-reinforced composites under four-point bending is investigated. First, the tests are modeled analytically using the classical lamination theory (CLT). The maximum allowable moment resulta... Read More about Failure behavior of composite laminates under four-point bending.

Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015. Push-out delamination is a serious concern in the drilling of fibre-reinforced composite materials. This damage occurs as the drill reaches the exit side of the material and can reduce the strength and stiffness of the structure... Read More about Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique.

Prediction of quasi-static delamination onset and growth in laminated composites by acoustic emission (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The main objective of this study is to determine the crack tip position during propagation of mode I delamination and also to evaluate interlaminar fracture toughness (GIC) in glass/epoxy composite specimens.... Read More about Prediction of quasi-static delamination onset and growth in laminated composites by acoustic emission.

Analysis of the damage mechanisms in mixed-mode delamination of laminated composites using acoustic emission data clustering (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015. In this study, acoustic emission (AE) technique is used to investigate different time-to-failure mechanisms of delamination in glass/epoxy composite laminates. Woven and unidirectional layups were subjected to the double cantile... Read More about Analysis of the damage mechanisms in mixed-mode delamination of laminated composites using acoustic emission data clustering.

Damage evaluation of composite materials using acoustic emission features and Hilbert transform (2015)
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© SAGE Publications. Acoustic emission (AE) has good potential to characterize failure mechanisms in laminated composite materials. One of the difficult issues using this method can be to establish a good correlation between occurred failure mechanis... Read More about Damage evaluation of composite materials using acoustic emission features and Hilbert transform.

Prediction of delamination growth in laminated composites using acoustic emission and Cohesive Zone Modeling techniques (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Mode I delamination is the most common failure mode in laminated composite materials. Determination of the crack growth has a vital role in the damage tolerance analyses of the structures which suffer from this type of damage. Th... Read More about Prediction of delamination growth in laminated composites using acoustic emission and Cohesive Zone Modeling techniques.

Investigation of the damage mechanisms for mode I delamination growth in foam core sandwich composites using acoustic emission (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015 In this article, acoustic emission monitoring was used to identify different types of damage mechanisms which occur during delamination of sandwich structures. Features of the obtained acoustic emission signals and wavelet-based... Read More about Investigation of the damage mechanisms for mode I delamination growth in foam core sandwich composites using acoustic emission.

Prediction of delamination growth in carbon/epoxy composites using a novel acoustic emission-based approach (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav. Delamination is the most common failure mode in laminated composites and it leads to loss of structural strength and stiffness. In this paper, acoustic emission mon... Read More about Prediction of delamination growth in carbon/epoxy composites using a novel acoustic emission-based approach.

Effect of fibre wrinkling to the spring-in behaviour of L-shaped composite materials (2014)
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© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. To determine the amount of deformation resulting from fibre wrinkling at corner regions, a set of experiments have been conducted. As known in the conventional lay-up method, the prepregs are laid sequentiall... Read More about Effect of fibre wrinkling to the spring-in behaviour of L-shaped composite materials.

Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Evaluation in Glass/Epoxy Composites Using Acoustic Emission and Finite Element Methods (2014)
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© 2014, ASM International. Delamination is one of the most common modes of failure in laminated composites and it leads to the loss of structural strength and stiffness. In this paper, mode I, mode II, and mixed of these pure modes were investigated... Read More about Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Evaluation in Glass/Epoxy Composites Using Acoustic Emission and Finite Element Methods.