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Fatigue Crack Growth Curves for Material Selection, Design and Service-Life Studies of Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites: Effect of Test Temperature and R-ratio Open

Andreas J. Brunner, R. Jones, A. J. Kinloch · 2025

The present paper addresses the problem of fatigue crack growth in composite structures, with special relevance to composite airframes. Assessment of their in-service life can be based on either a ‘no-growth’ or a ‘slow-growth’ design phil…

Can micromechanical modelling determine the continuum damage model inputs for matrix-dominated failure in fibre-reinforced polymer composites? Open

Wenkai Chang, L.R.F. Rose, Bingnong Jiang, A. J. Kinloch, Chunhui Wang · 2025

Increasing the flame retardancy and cryogenic toughness of an epoxy polymer using polydopamine nanoparticles Open

Bingnong Jiang, Wenkai Chang, Xinyi Wang, Sha Zhao, Garth Pearce , et al. · 2025

The Impact and Compression‐After‐Impact Behaviour of CFRP After Double Impacts in Different Locations Open

Richard A. Brooks, Jun Liu, Adam M. Joesbury, L.T. Harper, Haibao Liu , et al. · 2025

The present paper investigates the low‐velocity impact behaviour and the compression‐after‐impact (CAI) behaviour of carbon‐fibre reinforced‐plastic (CFRP) composite panels after two impacts in different locations on a test coupon. The eff…

Correction: Drop-Weight Impact of Composite Laminates: Modelling the Effect of a Round-Nosed Versus a Flat-Ended Impactor Open

Yuzhe Ding, Michael S. Johnson, Jun Liu, J.P. Dear, Jiaqi Li , et al. · 2025

Drop-Weight Impact of Composite Laminates: Modelling the Effect of a Round-Nosed Versus a Flat-Ended Impactor Open

Yuzhe Ding, Michael S. Johnson, Jun Liu, J.P. Dear, Jiaqi Li , et al. · 2025

The present study investigates the effect of the impactor geometry on the impact performance, at relatively high impact energies, of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates with a cross-ply configuration of [0 2 /90 2 ], which wer…

Cyclic-fatigue crack growth in polymer composites: Data interpretation via the Hartman-Schijve methodology Open

Silvain Michel, A. J. Kinloch, R. Jones · 2024

The European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS), Technical Committee 4 (TC4), has initiated a Round-Robin program on the Mode I delamination growth in a continuous carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite under fatigue loading, us…

The Impact of Composite Laminates: Modelling the Effect of a Round-nosed versus a Flat-ended Impactor at High Impact Energies Open

Yuzhe Ding, Michael S. Johnson, Jun Liu, J.P. Dear, Jiaqi Li , et al. · 2024

The present study investigates the effect of the impactor geometry on the impact performance, at relatively high impact energies, of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates with a cross-ply configuration of [0₂/90_2…

Multiscale modelling of nanoparticle toughening in epoxy: Effects of particle-matrix interface, particle size, and volume fraction Open

Wenkai Chang, L.R.F. Rose, Sha Zhao, Feng Huang, A. J. Kinloch , et al. · 2024

Toughening matrix materials by incorporating rigid nanoparticles has received significant interest for mitigating matrix microcracking in fibre-reinforced polymer-matrix composites, particularly at cryogenic temperatures. Despite recent ex…

Modelling Fatigue Crack Growth in High-Density Polyethylene and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Polymers Open

R. Jones, A. J. Kinloch, Andrew Siao Ming Ang · 2024

Prior studies into fatigue crack growth (FCG) in fibre-reinforced polymer composites have shown that the two methodologies of Simple-Scaling and the Hartman–Schijve crack growth equation, which is based on relating the FCG rate to the Schw…

The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact Open

Richard A. Brooks, J. Liu, Z. E. C. Hall, Adam M. Joesbury, L.T. Harper , et al. · 2024

On Cyclic-Fatigue Crack Growth in Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy–Polymer Composites Open

Silvain Michel, Neal Murphy, A. J. Kinloch, R. Jones · 2024

The growth of cracks between plies, i.e., delamination, in continuous fibre polymer matrix composites under cyclic-fatigue loading in operational aircraft structures has always been a very important factor, which has the potential to signi…

Comparison of X-ray Computed Tomography and Ultrasonic C-Scan Techniques and Numerical Modelling of Impact Damage in a CFRP Composite Laminate Open

E. E. Evans, Richard A. Brooks, Jun Liu, Z. E. C. Hall, Haibao Liu , et al. · 2023

Two different experimental techniques are employed to visualize the impact damage generated by a low-velocity impact on a carbon-fibre reinforced-polymer (CFRP) composite laminate. At the relatively low impact-velocity of 1.69 m.s −1 , and…

Thoughts on the Importance of Similitude and Multi-Axial Loads When Assessing the Durability and Damage Tolerance of Adhesively-Bonded Doublers and Repairs Open

R. Jones, Ramesh Chandwani, Chris Timbrell, A. J. Kinloch, Daren Peng · 2023

Adhesively bonded doublers and adhesively bonded repairs are extensively used to extend the operational life of metallic aircraft structures. Consequently, this paper focuses on the tools needed to address sustainment issues associated wit…

Damage and energy absorption behaviour of composite laminates under impact loading using different impactor geometries Open

Yuzhe Ding, Jun Liu, Z. E. C. Hall, Richard A. Brooks, Haibao Liu , et al. · 2023

Mitigating cryogenic microcracking in carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites using negative thermal-expansion nanoparticles functionalized by a polydopamine coating Open

Mohammad S. Islam, Wenkai Chang, Sha Zhao, Jiawei Wang, Shuying Wu , et al. · 2023

Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates Open

Haibao Liu, Jun Liu, Z. E. C. Hall, Richard A. Brooks, James W.M. Crocker , et al. · 2023

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 config…

A framework for automating the parameter determination of crack growth models Open

Athanasios Iliopoulos, John G. Michopoulos, R. Jones, A. J. Kinloch, Daren Peng · 2022

Lightning strike damage resistance of carbon‐fiber composites with nanocarbon‐modified epoxy matrices Open

Sotirios Kopsidas, Ganiu B. Olowojoba, C.C. Stone, David Clark, A. Haddad , et al. · 2022

Carbon‐fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are replacing metal alloys in aerospace structures, but they can be vulnerable to lightning strike damage if not adequately protected due to the poor electrical conductivity of the polymeri…

Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact behaviour of pristine and patch-repaired composite laminates Open

Haibao Liu, Richard A. Brooks, Z. E. C. Hall, Jun Liu, James W.M. Crocker , et al. · 2022

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 da…

3D printed carbon-fibre reinforced composite lattice structures with good thermal-dimensional stability Open

Yuan Chen, Lin Ye, A. J. Kinloch, Y.X. Zhang · 2022

The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites Open

Z. E. C. Hall, J. Liu, Richard A. Brooks, Haibao Liu, James W.M. Crocker , et al. · 2022

Through-thickness crack growth resistance in fibre composites and its role in preventing ply cracking in cross-ply laminates Open

Wenkai Chang, Francis Rose, Shuying Wu, A. J. Kinloch, Chun Wang · 2022

Modelling the quasi-static flexural behaviour of composite sandwich structures with uniform- and graded-density foam cores Open

Haibao Liu, Jun Liu, Cihan Kaboğlu, Jin Zhou, Xiangshao Kong , et al. · 2021

Fatigue crack growth in epoxy polymer nanocomposites Open

A. J. Kinloch, R. Jones, John G. Michopoulos · 2021

The present paper describes detailed analyses of experimental data for the cyclic-fatigue behaviour of epoxy nanocomposite polymers. It has been shown that the data may be interpreted using the Hartman–Schijve relationship to yield a uniqu…

Strengthening and toughening epoxy polymer at cryogenic temperature using cupric oxide nanorods Open

Wenkai Chang, L.R.F. Rose, Mohammad S. Islam, Shuying Wu, Shuhua Peng , et al. · 2021

Intrarenal B cells integrate<i>in situ</i>innate and adaptive immunity in human renal allograft rejection Open

Yuta Asano, Joe Daccache, Dharmendra Jain, Kichul Ko, A. J. Kinloch , et al. · 2020

In human allograft rejection, intrarenal B cell infiltrates identify those with a poor prognosis. However, how intrarenal B cells contribute to rejection is not known. Single cell RNA-sequencing of intrarenal class-switched B cells reveale…

Examining the effect of graphene nanoplatelets on the corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings Open

Sotirios Kopsidas, Ganiu B. Olowojoba, A. J. Kinloch, Ambrose C. Taylor · 2020

The behaviour of thermoplastic and thermoset carbon fibre composites subjected to low-velocity and high-velocity impact Open

Haibao Liu, Jun Liu, Yuzhe Ding, Jie Zheng, Xiangshao Kong , et al. · 2020

The present paper describes the results from experimental and theoretical modelling studies on the behaviour of continuous carbon fibre/polymer matrix composites subjected to a relatively low-velocity or high-velocity impact, using a rigid…

A three-dimensional elastic-plastic damage model for predicting the impact behaviour of fibre-reinforced polymer-matrix composites Open

Haibao Liu, Jun Liu, Yuzhe Ding, Z. E. C. Hall, Xiangshao Kong , et al. · 2020

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