An experimental study on the manufacture and characterization of in-plane fibre-waviness defects in composites

WJR Christian, FA DiazDelaO… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A new method has been developed for creating localized in-plane fibre waviness in
composite coupons and used to create a large batch of specimens. This method could be …

Strain-based damage assessment for accurate residual strength prediction of impacted composite laminates

WJR Christian, FA DiazDelaO, EA Patterson - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
A method for predicting the residual strength of damaged carbon-fibre composites using full-
field strain data measured with digital image correlation has been developed and applied to …

Detection and tracking of cracks based on thermoelastic stress analysis

CA Middleton, M Weihrauch… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermoelastic stress analysis using arrays of small, low-cost detectors has the potential to
be used in structural health monitoring. However, evaluation of the collected data is …

Real-time quantification of damage in structural materials during mechanical testing

WJR Christian, K Dvurecenska… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A novel methodology is introduced for quantifying the severity of damage created during
testing in composite components. The method uses digital image correlation combined with …

Predicting the mechanical properties of unidirectional fiber reinforced plastics from fiber and resin properties using data mining

L Yao, X Shao, Q Feng - Computational Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of unidirectional (UD) fiber reinforced plastics'(FRP) mechanical
properties can significantly shorten the time from material design to structural application …

[LIBRO][B] The Development of a Strain-based Defect Assessment Technique for Composite Aerospace Structures

WJR Christian - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This thesis details the work conducted over three years on the development of strain-based
defect assessment techniques for carbon-fibre reinforced composites. This material, whilst …