Editorial.
Published in Applied composite materials
Manufacture of High-Performance Tidal Turbine Blades Using Advanced Composite Manufacturing Technologies.
Published in Applied composite materials
After wind and solar energy, tidal energy presents the most prominent opportunity for generating energy from renewable sources. However, due to the harsh environment that tidal turbines are deployed in, a number of design and manufacture challenges are presented to engineers. As a consequence of the harsh environment, the loadings on the turbine bl...
Design Optimization of a Braided Roof Frame Reinforcement by Process-Integrated Local Customization of Component Propert...
Published in Applied Composite Materials
In order to use the full potential of fiber-reinforced composite materials, load-compliant fiber architecture and suitable manufacturing technologies are essential. Therefore, multiple approaches to enable customized braided structures for highly stressed structural profiles in high volume applications are introduced and resulting design possibilit...
Coupled Thermal-Mechanical Progressive Damage Model with Strain and Heating Rate Effects for Lightning Strike Damage Ass...
Published in Applied Composite Materials
This paper proposes a progressive damage model incorporating strain and heating rate effects for the prediction of composite specimen damage resulting from simulated lightning strike test conditions. A mature and robust customised failure model has been developed. The method used a scaling factor approach and non-linear degradation models from publ...
Matrix Modification for Improved Reinforcement Effectiveness in Polypropylene/Glass Fibre Composites
Published in Applied Composite Materials
The influence of matrix modification on the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) and the mechanical performance of polypropylene/glass fibre composites is investigated. Two different modifiers were used: a highly reactive hyperbranched polymer grafted polypropylene (HBPgPP) and a maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAHgPP). The interfacial shear s...
Influence Factors on Grinding Force in Surface Grinding of Unidirectional C/SiC Composites
Published in Applied Composite Materials
C/SiC has excellent mechanical properties and is extensively utilized in the aerospace field. Meanwhile, it is a typical intractable material in virtue of its special intrinsic structure. To investigate the grinding force and material removal mechanism of fiber reinforced CMC, a unidirectional C/SiC composite material was designed and prepared. A s...
Fatigue Hysteresis Loops Simulation of SiCf /Ti Composites under Two-Stage Cyclic Loading
Published in Applied Composite Materials
The fatigue hysteresis behavior of SiCf/Ti composites at two-stage cyclic loading has been investigated in present analysis. The effect of fiber volume fraction, loading sequence and fiber shape parameters on the fatigue hysteresis loops of composites were analyzed. Based on the law of interface slip during loading and unloading, the hysteresis loo...
Fatigue Behaviour of Acrylic Matrix Composites: Influence of Seawater
Published in Applied Composite Materials
The recent introduction of liquid acrylic thermoplastic matrix resins which can impregnate fibre reinforcements using traditional infusion moulding offers significant potential for future composite structures in marine applications, such as marine energy devices. However, to date very few results are available to evaluate the long term durability o...
Progressive Damage Analysis and Optimization of Winding Angle and Geometry for a Composite Pressure Hull Wound Using Geo...
Published in Applied Composite Materials
Recently, it has been found that submarine pressure hulls constructed from fiber-reinforced multilayers have great potential to replace classical metallic ring-stiffened pressure hulls. The strength and stability of these structures are the most important functional requirements and should be considered in any design procedure. This study aimed to ...
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Pre-Bond Contamination with Fingerprints and Ageing on the Fracture Toughnes...
Published in Applied Composite Materials
The effect of the pre-bond contamination with fingerprint (FP), both during the production and the application of adhesively bonded patch repairs on composite aircraft parts, and the cumulative effect of fingerprint and hygrothermal ageing on the fracture toughness of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) bonded joints are experimentally investiga...
