Outputs (6)

The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact (2024)
Journal Article
Brooks, R., Liu, J., Hall, Z., Joesbury, A., Harper, L., Liu, H., …Dear, J. (2024). The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact. Applied Composite Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-024-10223-2

The present paper investigates the low-velocity impact behaviour of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite panels and the damage incurred when they are subjected to a single impact. The relationship between the depth of permanent surface in... Read More about The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact.

A Finite Element Model for Predicting the Static Strength of a Composite Hybrid Joint with Reinforcement Pins (2023)
Journal Article
Bianchi, F., Liu, Y., Joesbury, A. M., Ayre, D., & Zhang, X. (2023). A Finite Element Model for Predicting the Static Strength of a Composite Hybrid Joint with Reinforcement Pins. Materials, 16(9), 3297. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093297

This paper presents a finite element model for predicting the performance and failure behaviour of a hybrid joint assembling fibrous composites to a metal part with reinforcement micro pins for enhancing the damage tolerance performance. A unit-strip... Read More about A Finite Element Model for Predicting the Static Strength of a Composite Hybrid Joint with Reinforcement Pins.

Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Liu, J., Hall, Z. E., Brooks, R. A., Crocker, J. W., Joesbury, A. M., …Dear, J. P. (2023). Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 233, Article 109917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109917

The patch-plug configuration has been widely used to repair composite structures and restore the structural integrity of damaged composites. In the present research, single-sided CFRP patch-repaired panels, with different patch-plug configurations, a... Read More about Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates.

Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact behaviour of pristine and patch-repaired composite laminates (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Brooks, R. A., Hall, Z. E., Liu, J., Crocker, J. W., Joesbury, A. M., …Dear, J. P. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact behaviour of pristine and patch-repaired composite laminates. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380(2232), Article 20210340. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0340

The present paper investigates the impact behaviour of both pristine carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite laminates and repaired CFRP laminates. For the patch-repaired CFRP specimen, the pristine CFRP panel specimen has been damaged by cu... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact behaviour of pristine and patch-repaired composite laminates.

The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites (2022)
Journal Article
Hall, Z. E., Liu, J., Brooks, R. A., Liu, H., Crocker, J. W., Joesbury, A. M., …Dear, J. P. (2022). The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 270, Article 108570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108570

The present paper studies the low-velocity impact testing of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) pristine and patch-repair CFRP panels. Firstly, the effect of repeated impacts on the pristine CFRP damage growth is considered at impact energies of... Read More about The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites.

Optimisation of intra-ply stitch removal for improved formability of biaxial non-crimp fabrics (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Joesbury, A. M., Yu, F., Harper, L. T., & Warrior, N. A. (2022). Optimisation of intra-ply stitch removal for improved formability of biaxial non-crimp fabrics. Composites Part B: Engineering, 229, Article 109464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109464

Automated fabric forming solutions are required to meet the demand of liquid moulding processes, but wrinkling is a common problem for double-curvature parts due to a combination of the reinforcement type, manufacturing parameters and the part geomet... Read More about Optimisation of intra-ply stitch removal for improved formability of biaxial non-crimp fabrics.