Book of Abstracts

R. Joffe, L. Pupure, J. Varna, L. Wallström (Editors)

FIBRE BREAKS IN INTERLAYER HYBRID COMPOSITES DETECTED WITH IN-SITU SYNCHROTRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND SIMULATED WITH A FIBRE BREAK MODEL (ID 133)

Francisco Mesquita1, Christian Breite1, Yentl Swolfs1, Stepan V. Lomov1 and Larissa Gorbatikh1

1Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 box 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Keywords: Synchrotron CT, Hybrid composites, Fibre breaks, Modelling

FIBRE-RELATED DAMAGE EVOLUTION IN UNIDIRECTIONAL PLIES UNDER CYCLIC TENSION LOADINGS (ID 146)

Paolo A. Carraro1, Lucio Maragoni1, Oscar Castro2, Marino Quaresimin1

1Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Stradella S. Nicola, 3, Vicenza, Italy
2Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Keywords: Fatigue, damage evolution, fibre failure

FRICTION TESTS FOR SIMULATION OF ENERGY ABSORBING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (ID 114)

Thomas Bru1, and Robin Olsson1

1RISE SICOMP, PO Box 104, SE-431 22 Mölndal, Sweden

Keywords: Friction test, Non-crimp fabric, Finite element analysis

GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR REGULARIZED EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BUCKLING OF COMPOSITES (ID 128)

Jeffrey S. McQuien1, Endel V. Iarve2 and David H. Mollenhauer3

1Institute for Predictive Performance Methodology, University of Texas at Arlington, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.
2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, U.S.
33Composites Branch, AFRL/RX, Wright Patterson AFB, U.S.

Keywords: Polymer composites, Delamination, Buckling, r-Extended Finite elements

GROWTH DRIVING DIRECTION CRITERION AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR DELAMINATIONS WITH LARGE-SCALE DAMAGE PROCESS ZONES (ID 126)

Brian L. V. Bak1, Laura Carreras1, Jordi Renart2,3, Esben Lindgaard1, and Albert Turon2

11Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede, 16, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
2AMADE, University of Girona, C. Universitat de Girona, 4, 17003 Girona, Spain
3Serra Húnter Fellow, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

Keywords: delamination crack propagation, large-scale fracture process zones, 3D delamination analysis, cohesive zone modeling, growth driving direction