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Researcher
Yentl Swolfs
- Disciplines:Modelling and simulation, Hybrid composites, Particle reinforced materials, Polymer composites, Short and long fibre reinforced composites, Composites and hybrid materials not elsewhere classified, Computational materials science, Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials, Polymers and plastics, Textiles
Affiliations
- Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SCALINT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Faculty of Engineering Science (Faculty)
Member
From1 Aug 2019 → 4 Aug 2020 - Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (Division)
Member
From1 Jan 2012 → 22 Aug 2019 - Department of Materials Engineering (Department)
Member
From27 Aug 2010 → 31 Dec 2011
Projects
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- Interlaminar Fracture of Fiber-Hybrid Composite Laminates: A Multiscale ApproachFrom1 Dec 2023 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- Shear-driven interlaminar fracture of composite laminates using in-situ computer tomography: A multiscale approachFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Delaying off-axis cracking in composite plies with a conventional thicknessFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Bone-inspired design of fiber-reinforced composites with optimal strength-toughness balance (BIOPTOUGH)From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Advanced digital volume correlation to measure deformation and damage in fibre-reinforced composites based on time-resolved X-ray computed tomographyFrom25 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- 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
- Bio-inspired design of fibre interfaces with intermittent weak and strong areas for obtaining tough compositesFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Bio-inspired, Tailorable and Healable Multi-Impact Resistant Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic PolymersFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Tensile Strength Prediction of Fibre-Hybrid Composites: A Multiscale ApproachFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Fatigue of fibre-reinforced composites: from multiscale characterisation and optimisation to industrial applicationsFrom15 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - various
Publications
1 - 10 of 144
- Synthesising realistic 2D microstructures of unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites with a generative adversarial network(2024)
Authors: Rui Guo, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Christian Breite, Yentl Swolfs
- Reducing stress concentrations in static and fatigue tensile tests on unidirectional composite materials: A review(2024)
Authors: Babak Fazlali, Yentl Swolfs
- Concerns in tension-tension fatigue testing of unidirectional composites: Specimen design and test setup(2024)
Authors: Babak Fazlali, Yentl Swolfs
- Modelling the damage evolution in unidirectional all-carbon hybrid laminates(2024)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs
- Deep-learning versus greyscale segmentation of voids in X-ray computed tomography images of filament-wound composites(2024)
Authors: Shailee Upadhyay, Dirk Vandepitte, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs, Mahoor Mehdikhani
- Experimental investigation of yield and hysteresis behaviour of an epoxy resin under cyclic compression in the large deformation regime(2024)
Authors: Christian Breite, Yentl Swolfs
Pages: 133 - 143 - Tensile, impact, and the damping performance of woven flax-carbon hybrid polyamide biocomposites(2023)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Yentl Swolfs
- Specimen designs for accurate tensile testing of unidirectional composite laminates(2023)
Authors: Babak Fazlali, Shailee Upadhyay, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs
- Methods and Models for Fibre-Matrix Interface Characterisation in Fibre-Reinforced Polymers: A Review(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Mahoor Mehdikhani
Pages: 1245 - 1319 - Deep-learning image enhancement and fibre segmentation from time-resolved computed tomography of fibre-reinforced composites(2023)
Authors: Rui Guo, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Christian Breite, Yentl Swolfs
Patents
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- Hybrid self-reinforced composite material (Inventor)
- Hybrid self-reinforced composite material (Inventor)
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)
- 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)