Researcher
Mahoor Mehdikhani
- Disciplines:Short and long fibre reinforced composites, Computational materials science, Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials, Textiles, Tissue and organ biomechanics, Polymer composites
Affiliations
- Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
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- Bone-inspired design of fiber-reinforced composites with optimal strength-toughness balance (BIOPTOUGH)From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Automated tensile tester for the characterisation of the cross-section and tensile behaviour of synthetic and natural fibresFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Fatigue of fibre-reinforced composites: from multiscale characterisation and optimisation to industrial applicationsFrom15 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
- Micro-structural modelling and parameter identification of glass-fibre reinforced polymers through digital volume correlation and finite element analysis.From23 Mar 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Unravelling In-Situ constituent Properties in fibre-reinforced composites: digital volume correlation applied to synchrotron computed tomography images (InSituPro)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Unravelling in-situ constituent properties in fibre-reinforced composites: digital volume correlation and machine learning applied to synchrotron computed tomography imagesFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption, BOF - projects
- The prediction of the mechanical properties of fibre reinforced composites under transverse tension and optimisation of their microstructural design: A data-driven approachFrom10 May 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Fracture toughness in carbon fiber composites, investigated by advanced multi-scale imaging (ToughImage)From1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- HEterogeneous Lightweight materials, accelerated Innovation through a visual COmPuting TRaining networkFrom15 Sep 2019 → 14 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - various
- Fibre-Matrix Interface Longitudinal Debonding and Translaminar Fracture of Fibre-Reinforced Composites: Model Development and Experimental ValidationFrom11 Feb 2019 → 18 Sep 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Detailed characterization of voids in multidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy composite laminates using X-ray micro-computed tomography(2019)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Ilya Straumit, Larissa Gorbatikh, Stepan Lomov
- Multi-scale digital image correlation for detection and quantification of matrix cracks in carbon fiber composite laminates in the absence and presence of voids controlled by the cure cycle(2018)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Katleen Vallons, Larissa Gorbatikh, Stepan Lomov
Pages: 138 - 147 - Effect of Voids on Damage Development in Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites(2018)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Stepan Lomov, Larissa Gorbatikh
- Hierarchical design of structural composite materials down to the nanoscale via experimentation and modelling(2018)
Authors: Larissa Gorbatikh, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Oxana Shishkina, Ignace Verpoest, Stepan Lomov
- Multi-instrument in-situ damage monitoring in quasi-isotropic CFRP laminates under tension(2018)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Stepan Lomov
Pages: 163 - 180 - First steps in composite materials for schoolchildren: A STEM educational project(2018)
Authors: Delphine Depuydt, Kevin Hendrickx, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Nikolay Petrov, Stepan Lomov, David Seveno
Pages: 298 - 302 - Micro-CT-based analysis of fibre-reinforced composites: applications(2018)
Authors: Ilya Straumit, Larissa Gorbatikh, Jan Ivens, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Jeroen Soete, Dirk Vandepitte, Martine Wevers, Stepan Lomov
Pages: 1 - 8 - Analysis of void morphology in composite laminates using micro-computed tomography(2018)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Ilya Straumit, Larissa Gorbatikh, Stepan Lomov
- Micro-CT measurement of fibre misalignment: Application to carbon/epoxy laminates manufactured in autoclave and by vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding(2018)
Authors: Quoc Nghi Nguyen, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Ilya Straumit, Larissa Gorbatikh, Stepan Lomov
Pages: 14 - 23 - Multi-scale experimental and computational investigation of matrix cracking evolution in carbon fiber-reinforced composites in the absence and presence of voids(2018)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Larissa Gorbatikh, Stepan Lomov
Linked dataset
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- A synchrotron computed tomography dataset for validation of longitudinal tensile failure models based on fibre break and cluster development (Creator)
- A dataset of voids’ characteristics in multidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy composite laminates, obtained using X-ray micro-computed tomography (Creator)
- In-situ synchrotron computed tomography images of a tensile test on a carbon fiber-epoxy composite for mechanical damage analysis (Creator)
- A dataset of micro-scale tomograms of unidirectional glass fiber/epoxy and carbon fiber/epoxy composites acquired via synchrotron computed tomography during in-situ tensile loading (Creator)