A smoothed iFEM approach for efficient shape-sensing applications: Numerical and experimental validation on composite structures

A Kefal, IE Tabrizi, M Yildiz, A Tessler - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A smoothed inverse finite element method (iFEM (s)) is developed by coupling the inverse
finite element method (iFEM) and the smoothing element analysis (SEA) for real-time …

A generalized 4-unknown refined theory for bending and free vibration analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates and shells

O Allam, K Draiche, AA Bousahla, F Bourada… - … and Concrete, An …, 2020 - dbpia.co.kr
This research is devoted to investigate the bending and free vibration behaviour of
laminated composite/sandwich plates and shells, by applying an analytical model based on …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of fracture in layered and sandwich structures: A systematic literature review

MF Funari, LCM da Silva, P Lonetti, S Spadea… - Composites Part C …, 2022 - Elsevier
A systematic literature review on numerical strategies suitable to simulate defects and
discontinuities in layered and sandwich structures is presented here. Particular care is given …

An experimental implementation of inverse finite element method for real-time shape and strain sensing of composite and sandwich structures

A Kefal, IE Tabrizi, M Tansan, E Kisa, M Yildiz - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the inverse finite element method (iFEM) is experimentally applied to real-time
displacement reconstruction of a moderately thick wing-shaped sandwich structure via a …

Experimental and numerical investigation on fracture behavior of glass/carbon fiber hybrid composites using acoustic emission method and refined zigzag theory

IE Tabrizi, A Kefal, JSM Zanjani, C Akalin, M Yildiz - Composite structures, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, damage evolution in glass/carbon fiber hybrid composites with various stacking
sequences is investigated under pure bending and tensile loading conditions. Based on the …

A combined experimental/numerical study on deformation sensing of sandwich structures through inverse analysis of pre-extrapolated strain measurements

MA Abdollahzadeh, IE Tabrizi, A Kefal, M Yildiz - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Real-time reconstruction of displacement field from a network of discrete strain sensors is
referred to as “shape (deformation) sensing” for which inverse finite element method (iFEM) …

A unified full-field deformation measurement method for beam-like structure

K Chen, D He, Y Zhao, H Bao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Full-field displacement reconstruction, which uses a few strain sensors for obtaining real-
time surface strain as the input data of the monitoring system, is a crucial technology to …

Multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures using parametric HFGMC micromechanics and isogeometric plate formulation based on refined zigzag …

A Kheyabani, E Massarwa, A Kefal - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel multiscale modeling strategy by combining the parametric high
fidelity generalized method of cells (HFGMC) micromechanical model and isogeometric …

Shape sensing of multilayered composite and sandwich beams based on Refined Zigzag Theory and inverse finite element method

F Zhao, H Bao, J Liu, K Li - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
An accurate and effective reconstruction method, which is commonly known as “shape
sensing”, is presented for real-time reconstructing the deformation field of multilayered …

Effective multiscale structural analysis of thick sandwich structures with 3D woven composite face sheets and a soft core based on coupled micromechanics and …

A Al-Nadhari, A Kheyabani, A Kefal, S Topal… - Composite …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel multiscale analysis technique is presented for predicting the
mechanical behavior of 3D woven composites. To this end, the model of the representative …