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The impact damage tolerance of fiber-reinforced laminated [...]

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Due to the problems arising from impact damage in composite laminates, there is a need to develop fast, accurate, cost-effective and non-destructive testing methods to identify this type of damage at an early stage and thus enhance the service life of composite structures. This [...]

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This paper presents the results of an extensive experimental campaign aimed to examine the effect upon the vibration response and on the residual load-bearing capacity caused by both: isolated artificially induced interlaminar damage and low-velocity impact induced damage in composite [...]

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One of the main focuses in transportation engineering is the application of sandwich materials in order to create safer and efficient vehicles. The main focus of this study was the application of 3D computed tomography for analyzing the responses of sandwich panels with micro lattice [...]

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In order to alleviate the adverse impact of the air transport on the environment, the UE has shown great interest in increasing the efficiency and safety of aircrafts, which covers the complete life cycle of aircrafts (design, production, maintenance, repair and update).Composite [...]

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: In this study, we have conducted in-situ LVI experiments on cross-ply CFRP beams having stacking layups [04/904/02]s and [02/902/02/902/02]s. The progression of damage is observed through high-speed photography. In addition to LVI, quasi-static indentation (QSI) experiments are [...]