Book of Abstracts

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

MATRIX AND INTERFACE CRACKING IN CROSS-PLIED MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE MICRO-BATTERY (ID 158)

Johanna Xu1

1Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden

Keywords: Multifunctional composites, micro-battery, Finite elements, microdamage, debonds

MECHANICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF FLAX / RECYCLED CARBON FIBRE HYBRID COMPOSITES (ID 105)

Marco L. Longana1, Vaclav Ondra1, and Ian Hamerton1

1Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS), Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Civil, Aerospace, and Mechanical Engineering, Queen's Building, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

Keywords: Flax Fibres, Recycled Carbon Fibres, Vibration Damping, Tensile Properties

MICRO-DAMAGE ANALYSIS IN THIN-PLY LAMINATES FOR CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONS (ID 164)

Andrejs Pupurs1, Mohamed Sahbi Loukil2, David Mattsson2

1Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
2RISE SICOMP, Box 271, SE-94129, Piteå, Sweden

Keywords: Thin-ply laminates, Transverse cracking, Cryogenic temperature, Weibull strength

MICROMECHANICAL MODEL OF CROSS-OVER FIBER BRIDGING (ID 110)

Frode Grytten1, Bent F. Sørensen2, Stergios Goutianos2, Reidar K. Joki3 and Jens K. Jørgensen1

1SINTEF Industry, Department of Materials and Nanotechnology, PB 124 Blindern, NO-0314 Oslo, Norway
2Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
33FiReCo AS, Storgata 15, NO-1607 Fredrikstad, Norway

Keywords: Polymer composites, Fracture resistance, Bridging laws

MODE II FRACTURE ANALYSIS OF ANTISYMMETRIC LAMINATES BASED ON THE 4ENF SETUP AND J-INTEGRAL (ID 152)

Niels Pichler1, Charlie Blondeau1, Georgios Pappas1, Miguel Herráez1, John Botsis1

1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

Keywords: Mode II, J-integral, Crack migration, Laminated composites, Numerical analysis

MODEL OF ELASTICITY OF A LAMINATED COMPOSITE WITH ANISOTROPIC HETEROMODULAR LAYERS (ID 153)

Alexander I. Oleinikov1, Tatyana A. Kuzmina2

1Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, 1 Zhukovsky Street, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, 140180, Russian Federation
2Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 16 Gagarin street, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, 140180, Russian Federation

Keywords: Laminated composites, Bimodulus, Behavior elastic model, Stiffness, Compliance

MULTISCALE MODELLING OF A THICK CARBON FIBRE SHEET MOULDING COMPOUND AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT: FROM MANUFACTURING TO STRUCTURAL SIMULATION (ID 130)

Luca M. Martulli1, Marco Alves3, Martin Kerschbaum1, Soraia Pimenta3, Stepan V. Lomov2 and Yentl Swolfs2

1Toyota Motor Europe, Material Engineering, Hoge Wei 33, 1930, Zaventem, Belgium
2Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 box 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
3meComposites, Department of Mechanicals Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK

Keywords: Sheet Moulding Compounds, Compression moulding, Multiscale modelling, Composites structures