Book of Abstracts
R. Joffe, L. Pupure, J. Varna, L. Wallström (Editors)
- THE EFFECT OF STEAM EXPLODED FIBRES ON THE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF POLYMER COMPOSITE (ID 135)
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1Division of Materials and Computational Mechanics, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Se-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
2Division os Engineering Materials, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Se-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenKeywords: Thermoplastic composites, Steam exploded fibres, Mechanical properties
- THE TRANSLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER FIBRE COMPOSITES AND THEIR CARBON FIBRE HYBRIDS (ID 132)
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1Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 box 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
2SIM vzw, Technologiepark 48, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, BelgiumKeywords: Polymer composites, Translaminar fracture toughness, High-performance polymer fibres, Compact tension
- TIME-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE REINFORCED HDPE (ID 163)
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1Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
Keywords: Graphene nano-platelets, Polymer nano-composites, Viscoplasticity, Modelling
- TRANSVERSE CRACKING IN THIN PLY-COMPOSITES: MESOSCALE MODELLING AND ACCURATE PREDICTIONS (ID 136)
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1Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Reliability Analysis (LMAF-STI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
Keywords: Thin-ply, size effects, multiscale modelling,transverse cracking, cohesive elements