For decades, Composite Materials: Design and Applications has guided readers on the
efficient design of structural composite parts and has illustrated challenges encountered in …

A new family of composite laminates could revolutionize composite structures to be lighter,
stronger, easier to understand and design, and faster and lower cost to manufacture. For the …

This work represents the first step towards the application of machine learning techniques in
the prediction of statistical design allowables of composite laminates. Building on data …

Current composite design processes go through expensive numerical simulations that can
quantitatively describe the detailed complex stress state embedded in the laminate structure …

The increasing use of composite materials in the aviation industry for the manufacture of
higher performance components required the introduction of efficient optimisation methods …

Double-double (DD) configuration has been proposed as a new concept in which a double
set of double helix [±ϕ/±ψ] n angles are stacked up to form a composite laminate. This …

The layered structures exhibit a weakly singular stress state in the vicinity of free edges,
attributable to the elastic mismatch of adjacent plies, thereby promoting delamination. In the …

Abstract Composite Scarf Bonded (CSB) based techniques are highly effective in structural
connections and structural repairs. In this article, a preliminary design methodology based …

Composites design has always been perceived to be complicated, time-consuming and
therefore not affordable. With a paradigm shift, it is possible to make composites are as …

A novel family of composite laminates with a simplified stacking sequence and double-
double layup [±ϕ/±ψ] n has significant potential to reduce weight and increase strength …