COMPOSITES 2023

Chaired by: Prof. Xavier Oliver (International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Spain) , Prof. Martin Fagerström (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Multi-scale framework for shear-deformable shell elements - application to the delamination analysis of composites
A. Hii * , B. El Said , S. Hallett
Thermal aggression of a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic laminate: experiments-based thermomechanical modelling up to polymer decomposition
D. Philippe * , B. Vieille , F. Barbe
Modelling damage in composites using shell-based computational homogenisation and immersogeometric analysis
E. Börjesson , C. Verhoosel , J. Remmers , F. Larsson , M. Fagerström *
A novel multiscale approach for efficient 2D non-linear modelling of laminate composites
X. Oliver * , P. Wierna , D. Yago , O. Loberas , A. Huespe
Meso and macroscale thermomechanical modeling of 3D carbon/carbon composites
A. Portal * , G. Couégnat , F. Guillet

Tue, 12/09/2023
16:10 - 16:30
Conference Venue

Coffee Break

Tue, 12/09/2023
16:30 - 18:30
Aula Magna

Virtual Testing and related themes III

Chaired by: Prof. Yentl Swolfs (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Towards fitting material parameters of fibre-reinforced polymers through image analysis and micro-mechanical simulations
E. Rios * , C. Breite , M. Mehdikhani , M. Diehl , Y. Swolfs
Adapting concrete experimental measurements in a FEM simulation for the development of a novel orthopaedic shoe.
J. Finder * , H. Möllers , C. Schmidt , S. Heimbs
Determination of a representative microstructure of a full composite pressure vessel using X-ray computed tomography
S. Upadhyay * , M. Mehdikhani , S. V. Lomov , D. Vandepitte , Y. Swolfs
Numerical and Experimental Study of a Butt-Joint Thermoplastic Composite Multi-Stringer Panel Under Compression
A. Pereira * , I. Lippers , J. Waleson , J. van Ingen , S. Turteltaub , C. Bisagni
Quantitative defects evaluation in composite materials by means of non-destructive Thermographic techniques supported by numerical simulations
S. Riaz * , G. Dell'Avvocato , D. Palumbo , M. Cinefra , U. Galietti
Application of the Phase Field and Cohesive Zone Model to simulate the unfolding failure in curved composite laminates
S. Bushpalli * , E. Graciani , B. López-Romano

Tue, 12/09/2023
16:30 - 18:30
Room A

Meshless and Novel Numerical Methods

Chaired by: Prof. Endel Iarve (University of Texas at Arlington, United States) , Prof. Francesco Parrinello (University of Palermo, Italy)

Adaptive Virtual Element Method for damage modelling in heterogeneous materials
M. Lo Cascio * , A. Milazzo , I. Benedetti
Extension of the Regularized Extended Finite Element Method to high density arbitrary interacting crack networks
E. Iarve * , E. Zhou , D. Mollenhauer
On the Importance of Fibre Direction Mesh Alignment for Artificial Lightning Strike Simulations
B. Nagavel * , S. Millen , A. Murphy
Accurate Stress Fields in Composite Ply-Drops Using Variable Kinematics Wedge Element
S. van den Broek * , P. Greaves , P. Weaver , A. Pirrera
Cohesive crack propagation analysis by the hybrid equilibrium element formulation and element side rotation
F. Parrinello * , G. Borino

Tue, 12/09/2023
16:30 - 18:10
Room B

Multi-scale Modelling III

Chaired by: Prof. Clara Schuecker (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria)

Reliable Computation of Microscopic Solutions in Numerical Homogenization Context for Static Heat Conduction with Heterogeneous Heat Generation
L. Belgrand * , I. Ramière , R. Largenton , F. Lebon
Modelling anisotropic viscoelasticity of fibre-reinforced polymer laminates for general loading conditions
C. Moser * , M. Pletz , C. Schuecker
Multi-fidelity data-driven modelling of non-linear behaviour of woven composites
E. Ghane * , M. Fagerström , M. Mirkhalaf
Predictive Modelling of the Elastic Properties of 3D Printed Short Fibre Reinforced Polymers
A. Canegrati * , L. Martulli , Z. Mancassola , M. Kostovic , G. Rollo , A. Sorrentino , M. Carboni , A. Bernasconi
Micromechanical Homogenization Methods of Short Glass Fiber-reinforced Injection-molded Bio-based Composite Material
O. Schwahofer * , F. Otero , P. Camanho , K. Drechsler
AI prediction of the architecture of 3d textile fabrics
A. Koptelov * , B. El Said , A. Thompson , S. Hallett

Tue, 12/09/2023
19:00 - 20:30

Strolling around Old Trapani

Wed, 13/09/2023
09:00 - 10:40
Aula Magna

Plenary Lectures - Prof. Laura de Lorenzis and Prof. Frans P. van der Meer

Chaired by: Prof. Heinz Pettermann (TU Wien, Austria) , Prof. Pedro Camanho (FEUP/INEGI, Portugal)

Automated discovery of material models: ideas, results, potential for composite materials.
L. De Lorenzis *
Multiscale modeling of failure in composites
F. van der Meer *

Wed, 13/09/2023
10:40 - 11:00
Conference Venue

Coffee Break

Wed, 13/09/2023
11:00 - 13:00
Aula Magna

Continuum Damage Mechanics

Chaired by: Dr. Federico Danzi (INEGI, Portugal)

Phase-field modeling of temperature, moisture and rate-dependent fracture behavior of polymer nanocomposites at finite deformation
B. Arash * , R. Rolfes
A finite strain approach to model intralaminar failure mechanisms in fibre-reinforced polymers
I. Rodrigues Lopes * , F. Danzi , A. Arteiro , F. Andrade Pires , P. Camanho
Damage and plasticity models for 3D printed materials
E. Monaldo * , D. Linardi , S. Marfia
Predicting material damage with support vector machines: a methodology and comparison of classically and quantum-computed kernels
G. Tosti Balducci * , B. Chen , M. Möller
An enhanced 3D elastoplastic-damage constitutive model for fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials
I. R. Cózar * , F. Otero , P. Maimí , E. V. González , A. Turon , P. P. Camanho
Impact damage modelling in composite laminates – numerical implementation of a strain rate dependent damage model
D. Ivančević * , J. Ratković

Wed, 13/09/2023
11:00 - 13:00
Room A

Fatigue

Chaired by: Prof. DANIELE FANTERIA (University of Pisa, Italy) , Prof. Marino Quaresimin (University of Padova, Italy)

Full-Scale Fatigue Test of a Composite Tidal Blade
S. Lopez Dubon * , C. Vogel , D. Garcia Cava , C. O'Bradaigh , E. McCarthy
Static and Fatigue Testing for evaluating Damage Tolerance performance of an Out Of Autoclave – Liquid Resin Infused Carbon-Epoxy Curved Stiffened Panel
D. Fanteria * , L. Boni , F. Romano
Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Models for Variable Amplitude Loading: Novel Model Formulation, FE Implementation, and Benchmark Experiment
S. Jensen , L. Carreras , B. Bak , C. Lequesne , H. Xiong , E. Lindgaard *
Modelling crack-induced delamination in composite laminates subjected to fatigue loadings.
L. Maragoni * , P. Carraro , M. Simonetto , M. Quaresimin
Mode I Experimental and numerical analysis of the interlaminar fatigue behaviour of thermoplastic composites considering R-curve effects
I. Leciñana * , J. Renart , A. Turon , J. Zurbitu , J. Manterola , L. Carreras , B. Tijs
Innovative ultrasonic tests for the Very-High-Cycle Fatigue characterization of a carbon fiber woven fabric
C. Boursier Niutta * , A. Tridello , D. Paolino

Wed, 13/09/2023
11:00 - 13:00
Room B

Micro-mechanics I

Chaired by: Prof. Stepan Lomov (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Causes and symptoms of the absence of the bundle size effect in the Fibre-Element-Imposed Impregnated Fibre Bundle Model
S. Lomov * , C. Breite , Y. Swolfs , S. Abaimov
Prediction of Non-linear Response of Multiphase Composite Microstructures through Deep Learning of Reduced Structure-Response Data
D. Biswas , G. Ammasai Sengodan * , S. A. Ponnusami
On the development of a simulation approach for modelling cellulosic foams as a core-material for lightweight bio-based sandwich panels
M. Wagner * , G. Baumann , Q. Jiang , N. Debabeche , T. Nypelö , S. Spirk , U. Hirn , W. Bauer , F. Feist
Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of the Behaviour Mechanical of Green Sandwich Panels
F. Bongiorno * , C. Militello , B. Zuccarello
Individual fibre segmentation from time-resolved computed tomography images of fibre-reinforced composites using deep learning
R. Guo * , C. Breite , J. Stubbe , Y. Zhang , C. Rojas Gomez , M. Mehdikhani , P. Villanueva-Perez , Y. Swolfs
Generating micromechanics-based data for elastic short fibre composites using generative adversarial networks
M. Mirkhalaf * , C. Verhoeven , E. Ghane

Wed, 13/09/2023
11:00 - 13:00
Room C

Structural Health Monitoring

Chaired by: Prof. Umberto Galietti (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) , Prof. Giuseppe Pitarresi (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy)

SHM system for bonding line monitoring of composite wing box skin-spar cap during manufacturing
M. Ciminello * , A. Concilio , U. Mercurio , G. Apuleo
On Planar Gradient Acoustic Impedance matching for Guided Ultrasonic Wave detection in SHM systems with Embedded Sensors
M. Rottmann * , W. Weber
Development of a self-sensing composite laminate based on PZT nanofibers for impact localization
T. Brugo * , G. Selleri , G. Selleri , F. Mongioi , E. Maccaferri , F. Zonzini , L. De Marchi , A. Zucchelli , M. Focarete , D. Fabiani
Structural Health Monitoring of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine
C. Garcia Pariente , A. Alvarez de Castro *
Tensile Testing of Pinned Hybrid CFRP/Titanium Joints and Damage Monitoring with Electrical Resistance Measurements
A. Dengg * , C. Kralovec , M. Schagerl
Novel approach to the crack density estimation: experimental measurements using IRT for validating analytical models
R. De Finis , D. Palumbo , U. Galietti *

Wed, 13/09/2023
13:00 - 14:30
Sun Club

Lunch Break

Wed, 13/09/2023
14:30 - 16:10
Aula Magna

Virtual Testing and related themes IV

Chaired by: Prof. Heinz Pettermann (TU Wien, Austria) , Dr. Luiz Kawashita (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

On and Off-Axis Cyclic Behaviour of 3D-Woven Composites: Experimental Testing and Macroscale Modelling
C. Oddy * , M. Song , C. Stewart , B. El Said , M. Ekh , S. Hallett , M. Fagerström
A coupled experimental and numerical method to determine the fracture toughness
D. Ma * , P. Verleysen , M. Giglio , A. Manes
Damage Mechanism Analysis of QI Carbon/Glass Hybrid Laminates Subjected to Quasi-static Indentation Using Axisymmetric Model
A. Chen * , X. Wu , L. Kawashita , M. Wisnom
Computationally Efficient Postbuckling Analysis of Shear Deformable Laminates
J. Schilling * , C. Mittelstedt
Lévy-type buckling analysis of shear deformable unsymmetrically laminated plates with rotational restraints
P. Schreiber * , C. Mittelstedt

Wed, 13/09/2023
14:30 - 16:10
Room A

Dynamics

Chaired by: Dr. Emilio V. González (Universitat de Girona, Spain)

Application of Model-based Design Approach on Dynamic Tensile Testing of Carbon/Epoxy Composites at Intermediate Strain Rates
S. Yoo * , E. Kim , N. Toso , H. Voggenreiter
Performance Evaluation of Triangular and Quadrilateral Flat Shell Elements based on Refined Zigzag Theory for Static and Modal Analysis of Multi-layered and Curved Composite and Sandwich Structures
D. Spinazzola * , G. Credo , M. Gherlone
Methods for dynamic testing of polymer-based composite materials
E. González * , J. Artero-Guerrero , J. González , E. De Blanpré , V. Jacques
Finite Element Modal Analysis for Composite and Stiffened Beam Structures with Geometric Non-Linearities
C. Patuelli * , G. Frulla , E. Cestino
Strength Prediction for Multidirectional Open-Hole Composite Laminates under Dynamic Loading
M. Toenjes * , G. Catalanotti , H. Koerber , C. Pohl , K. Drechsler

Wed, 13/09/2023
14:30 - 16:10
Room B

Micro-mechanics II

Chaired by: Dr. Joris Remmers (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)

A mean field homogenization model for fiber reinforced composite materials in large deformation
A. Li * , J. Remmers , H. van Dommelen , M. Geers , T. Massart
Stress Relaxation of a Unidirectional Composite: a Modelling Study
C. Breite * , V. Feyen , L. Gorbatikh , S. V. Lomov , Y. Swolfs
Microscale Modeling of Creep Rupture in Unidirectional Composites under Off-axis Loading
D. Kovačević * , F. van der Meer
A numerical study into the rate-dependent failure behaviour of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride
T. Lenders * , J. Remmers , T. Pini , P. Veenstra , L. Govaert , M. Geers
Numerical Simulation of the Fatigue Damage Growth in Unidirectional Composites based on Fibre-Matrix Debonding
A. Seidel * , B. Sørensen , K. Drechsler

Wed, 13/09/2023
16:10 - 16:30
Conference Venue

Coffee Break

Wed, 13/09/2023
16:30 - 18:30
Aula Magna

Laminated and Textile Composites

Chaired by: Dr. Pietro Russo ( Italy)

Thermo-mechanical FE analysis of a composite liquid hydrogen storage system for aerospace applications
S. Valvano , A. Maligno *
Free Vibration Analysis of Thermally Prestressed Constant and Variable Stiffness Laminated Beams using Strong Unified Formulation
S. Ojo * , G. Zucco , P. Weaver
Manufacturing and characterization of Polyamide 11/Basalt twill fibre fabric laminates
I. Papa , F. Napolitano , V. Lopresto , T. Valente , P. Russo *
Evaluation of Bend-Twist Coupling in Shape Memory Alloy Integrated Fiber Rubber Composites
A. Annadata * , A. Endesfelder , M. Koenigsdorf , J. Mersch , T. Gereke , M. Zimmermann , C. Cherif
Investigating the energy absorption capabilities of novel composite materials
P. Campos * , D. Dalli , A. Arteiro , F. Danzi , D. Moreira , V. Lobão , L. Vigna , A. Calzolari , I. Lopes
Numerical and Experimental Assessment of Non-Adiabatic Effects in Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of Composite Laminates
R. Cappello * , J. Dulieu-Barton , R. Ruiz-Iglesias , G. Pitarresi , G. Catalanotti

Wed, 13/09/2023
16:30 - 18:10
Room A

Optimisation and Probabilistic Methods

Chaired by: Prof. Heinz Pettermann (TU Wien, Austria)

Robust design of very large composite structures
R. Costa * , S. Pinho
On the Analytical Modelling, Global Optimization and Experimental Investigation of the Free-Edge Effect in Composite Laminated Shells
A. Kappel * , C. Mittelstedt
Quantum Optimization of Composite Laminates for Stacking Sequence Retrieval
A. Wulff * , B. Chen , M. Steinberg , Y. Tang , M. Möller , S. Feld
Assessing the Effect of Material Inter- and Autocorrelation on Composite Structure Reliability
B. Van Bavel * , D. Vandepitte , D. Moens
Analysis of Cure Behaviour Uncertainties in Thermoset Composite Parts using Particle Filter
A. Balaji * , C. Sbarufatti , D. Dumas , O. Pierard , F. Cadini

Wed, 13/09/2023
16:30 - 18:10
Room B

Micro-mechanics III

Chaired by: Dr. Federico Danzi (INEGI, Portugal) , Prof. Fermin Otero (CIMNE, Spain)

Thermoelastic Micromechanical Analysis of CFRP with Voids
M. Trombini * , R. Masia , A. Pagani , M. Petrolo , E. Carrera
Data-driven microstructure-generator for high-fidelity analyses of unidirectional composite laminates
F. Danzi * , R. Silva , C. Furtado , I. Rodrigues Lopes , R. Tavares , D. Fanteria , P. Camanho
Effect of the matrix softening behaviour on local stress concentration factors in unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites: a numerical analysis
C. Rojas * , S. Lomov , Y. Swolfs
Transverse crack patterns in cross-ply laminates from micromechanical analysis using Phase-Field fracture.
J. Macias * , A. Arteiro , F. Otero , P. Camanho , I. García , J. Reinoso

Wed, 13/09/2023
19:00 - 20:30

Travel to the Gala Dinner & Photo Stop at the Salt Lakes

Wed, 13/09/2023
20:30 - 23:00
Villa Favorita

Gala Dinner at Villa Favorita

Thu, 14/09/2023
09:00 - 10:40
Room A

Progressive Failure Analysis

Chaired by: Dr. Frans van der Meer (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) , Mr. Andrea Cantarutti (AlphaSTAR, Italy)

Novel Design of Experiments to Simulate Impact Damage in Glass Fibre Pipe Under Internal Pressure
H. Alhashmy * , M. Abadi , A. Hijles , F. Waluyo
Computational Modeling of Progressive Failure in Composite Laminates Under High-Cycle Fatigue Loading
P. Hofman * , F. van der Meer , L. Sluys
An assessment on the effect of draping of 3D woven composites utilising a numerical and empirical material characterisation approach
I. Topalidis * , B. El Said , A. Thompson , J. Keulen , S. Hallett
Development of a Progressive Fracture Method to Predict Crack Arrest in Large Scale Composite Thermoplastic Fuselage Panels.
N. van Hoorn * , W. van den Brink , B. Tijs , J. Waleson , J. Docter , J. van Ingen
Numerical Analysis using GENOA software to obtain Composite Allowables for an aeronautical composite material
R. Conte , S. Russo , B. Gambino

Thu, 14/09/2023
09:00 - 10:40
Aula Magna

Fracture Mechanics I

Chaired by: Dr. Bas Tijs (Fokker/GKN Aerospace, Netherlands) , Mr. Andrea Cantarutti (AlphaSTAR, Italy)

Measuring Cracks in Welded Thermoplastic Composite Single-lap Shear Joints with Digital Image Correlation
A. Schiller * , C. Bisagni
Controlling Failure of Carbon-fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Structures via Structural Fuses
E. Kazemi * , V. Medeau , E. Greenhalgh , S. Pimenta , J. Finlayson , S. Pinho
Conduction Welding the Next-Generation Thermoplastic Composite Fuselage: Fracture Toughness Characterization and Numerical Analysis
B. Tijs * , A. Turon , S. Esteban , C. Bisagni
Size Scale Effects in Fiber-Reinforced composites using phase field
P. Asur Vijaya Kumar * , A. Dean , H. Pettermann
Phase Field Fracture Modelling of 3D Printed Materials: an Anisotropic Analysis
S. Sangaletti * , A. Mitrou , I. Garcia Garcia , A. Arteiro

Thu, 14/09/2023
09:00 - 10:40
Room B

Reduced Order Models

Chaired by: Prof. Fermin Otero (CIMNE, Spain)

Multiscale modeling of structures via a localized hyperreduced-order method
J. HERNÁNDEZ * , A. Giuliodori , E. Soudah
Approaches for Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of Lithium-Ion Cells and the Application of Machine Learning Techniques within Numerical Simulation
A. Schmid * , A. Pasquale , C. Ellersdorfer , F. Chinesta , M. Ziane , M. Raffler , F. Feist
Efficient Nonlinear Multiscale Spectral GFEM Applied to Composite Aerospace Structures
J. BÉNÉZECH * , L. Seelinger , A. Reinarz , T. Dodwell , R. Butler , R. Scheichl
Physically recurrent neural networks for microscale analysis of rate-dependent off-axis unidirectional laminates
M. Maia * , I. Rocha , F. van der Meer
Definition of Shell Reduced Order Models for the analysis of large reinforced composite structures
F. Turon * , F. Otero , X. Martinez

Thu, 14/09/2023
10:40 - 11:00
Conference Venue

Coffee Break

Thu, 14/09/2023
11:00 - 13:00
Aula Magna

Fracture Mechanics II

Chaired by: Prof. Yentl Swolfs (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Segmentation Tools for Delineating the Profiles of Pulled-out Fibre Bundles in In-Situ Tomograms of Translaminar Fracture of Thin-Ply Composites
S. AhmadvashAghbash * , C. Rojas Gomez , G. Broggi , A. Aydemir , A. Argyropoulos , J. Cugnoni , V. Michaud , M. Mehdikhani , Y. Swolfs
A 3D Damage Model for Simulating Damage Modes in Fibre Metal Laminates
I. Abuzayed * , N. Wirawan , C. Zhang , J. Curiel Sosa
Characterising and Predicting Failure of Injection-moulded Short-fibre Composite Subcomponents
Y. Fujita * , S. Noda , J. Takahashi , E. Greenhalgh , S. Pimenta
Short glass fiber reinforced polymers: a phase-field model for the multiscale analysis of fracture
A. Fajardo Lacave * , F. Welschinger , L. De Lorenzis
Electro-Mechanical Modelling of Fracture in Carbon Nanotube Based Composites
L. Quinteros * , E. García-Macías , E. Martinez-Pañeda
Off-axis Strength Predictions for Multidirectional Thin-ply Laminates
A. Mitrou * , A. Arteiro , J. Reinoso , P. Camanho

Thu, 14/09/2023
11:00 - 13:20
Room A

Multifunctional Materials

Chaired by: Prof. Flavia Libonati (University of Genoa, Italy)

Thermal Residual Stresses Effect in Functionally Graded Metal Matrix Composite – Experiment and Simulation
W. Węglewski * , M. Basista , K. Bochenek , J. Capek
Development and modeling of a self-sensing composite laminate interleaved with piezoelectric nanofibers and CFRP electrodes.
F. Mongioì * , T. Brugo , G. Selleri , E. Maccaferri , A. Zucchelli , D. Fabiani , L. Mazzocchetti
Hierarchical toughening of epoxy using thermoplastic multilayers
U. Farooq * , J. Teuwen , C. Dransfeld
Investigation into the Manufacture of Hybrid Wear Resistant Forging Tools using Tailored Forming Technology
M. Till *
Advanced fiber composites: towards recyclable bio-inspired composites
F. Libonati * , A. Stagni
Embedded FBG Sensors in Additively Manufactured Polylactide Composites Reinforced with Continuous Fibers
P. Pawlowski * , A. Orlowska-Galezia , C. Graczykowski , M. Mieloszyk

Thu, 14/09/2023
11:00 - 13:20
Room B

Novel Materials

Chaired by: Prof. Enrico Cestino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Surface Coating on Ceramic Matrix Composites using Thermographic Techniques
F. Di Carolo , G. Santonicola , F. Ancona * , D. Palumbo , U. Galietti , C. Toscano , M. De Stefano Fumo , M. De Cesare
Multiscale investigation of mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered Ni-SiC composites
M. Chmielewski * , A. Strojny-Nędza , K. Kaszyca , K. Kowiorski , P. Jenczyk , D. Jarząbek , P. Bazarnik , Z. Pakieła , B. Romelczyk-Baishya , S. Nosewicz
Synthesis and characterization of the spark plasma sintered copper-diamond composites
A. Strojny-Nędza * , M. Chmielewski , R. Zybała , K. Kaszyca , A. Gajewska-Midziałek , B. Romelczyk-Baishya , S. Nosewicz
A novel nacre-inspired cfrp microstructure for improved strain to failure under in-plane compression
T. Garulli * , T. Katafiasz , E. Greenhalgh , S. Pinho
Curing Dependent Piezoresistivity in CNT/epoxy Nanocomposites: from Experimental Observation to Numerical Analysis
T. Wong * , T. Yu , F. Zou
Evaluating the Flexural Performance of Basalt Composite Sandwich Structures for Marine Applications
M. Chairi * , J. El Bahaoui , I. Hanafi , F. Favaloro , C. Borsellino , F. Galantini , G. Di Bella
Effectiveness of nanotechnology treatments in composite aircraft applications
E. Cestino * , J. Catapano , F. Galvano , A. Felis , S. Zuccalà , V. Martilla , V. Sapienza , L. Chesta

Thu, 14/09/2023
11:00 - 13:20
Room C

Impact

Chaired by: Dr. Denis Dalli (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Malta)

Low-velocity impact behavior of a hybrid PEEK-PEI multilayer thermoplastic matrix reinforced with carbon fiber
S. Toro * , A. Ridruejo , C. González , J. Fernández-Blázquez
Investigation of Several Impact Angles for Predicting Bird-Strike Damage in a Riveted eVTOL Composite Wing
E. Kayar * , G. Abdelal , B. Falzon , Z. Kazancı
Incorporating the effects of curvature and inclination on composite energy absorption in macroscale crash structure models
D. Dalli * , A. Arteiro
Modelling and Optimization of Natural Fiber Tubular Structures subjected to axial crushing
M. Capretti * , G. Del Bianco , V. Giammaria , S. Boria , A. Scattina , G. Belingardi , V. Castorani
Mechanical Behaviour of Sustainable Sandwich Structures
D. Rizzo * , G. Epasto , P. Russo
Effect of Ply Thickness on Dynamic Damage Progression in Cross-ply Laminates Under Low-velocity Impact
O. Batmaz * , D. Coker

Thu, 14/09/2023
13:20 - 15:00
Sun Club

Farewell Lunch

Thu, 14/09/2023
18:00 - 20:30

Visit at the old medieval town at the top of Mount Erice

COMPOSITES 2023

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