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Ruishan Xing, Gang Li, Fan Wang and Yang Yang
To ensure the overall continuity of displacement and out-of-plane stress in composite laminate structures and to quantitatively analyze the mechanical properties of composite materials after damage or repair, a finite element solution method is applied b...
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Christoforos S. Rekatsinas, Dimitris K. Dimitriou and Nikolaos A. Chrysochoidis
The present paper investigates the design process and the dimensioning of a tailless type-C composite sandwich unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The objective is to investigate an innovative aircraft configuration which exceeds the standard approach of ribs...
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Carlo Boursier Niutta, Pierpaolo Padula, Andrea Tridello, Marco Boccaccio, Francesco Acerra and Davide S. Paolino
This paper deals with an innovative nondestructive technique for composites (local-IET), which is based on the Impulse Excitation Technique (IET) and, in the presence of damage, assesses the degradation of the elastic properties of a local region of the ...
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Hao Su, Monssef Drissi-Habti and Valter Carvelli
This work is a follow-up to previous research by our team and is devoted to studying a dual-sinusoidal placement of distributed fiber-optic sensors (FOSs) that are embedded inside an adhesive joint between two composite laminates. The constructed smart c...
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Yeou-Fong Li, Bo-Yu Chen, Jin-Yuan Syu, Gobinathan Kadagathur Ramanathan, Wei-Hao Lee, Chih-Hong Huang and Man-Hoi Lok
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) has been used for seismic retrofitting and structural reinforcement over recent decades. Numerous researchers have created stress?strain models based on experimental data to predict the mechanical properties of FRP-confined...
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Ana Pavlovic and Giangiacomo Minak
The study of dynamic events such as impact and hydroelastic slamming is of great importance in determining the structural integrity of naval or maritime structures, particularly those made of composite materials. This topic has been investigated by numer...
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Jaewon Jang, Maydison, Yeonjun Kim, Zhiqiang Han and Daekyun Oh
Defects such as voids in composite materials often degrade the mechanical properties of laminates. Even if these materials are manufactured based on the design requirements, there is a possibility of instability occurring in these composite structures. I...
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Paul Murdy, Scott Hughes, David A. Miller, Francisco J. Presuel-Moreno, George T. Bonheyo, Budi Gunawan and Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been highlighted as ideal candidates for structural applications in marine renewable energy devices, such as tidal turbines and wave energy converters. It is well understood that harsh marine environments can caus...
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Ali Sadik Gafer Qanber, Mohammed H. Yas and Mohammed M. Kadhum
This study has two main aims; firstly, investigating the behavior of slabs that are strengthened with different types of reinforcements and with Slurry-Infiltrated Mat Concrete (SIMCON) laminates, having different dimensions and thicknesses and subjected...
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Liv Rittmeier, Natalie Rauter, Andrey Mikhaylenko, Rolf Lammering and Michael Sinapius
Lamb waves occur in thin-walled structures in two wave modes?the symmetric and the antisymmetric mode. Their oscillation on the structures? surfaces is either in phase (symmetric) or shifted by a phase angle of ??
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