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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
1 - 10 of 35
- 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
- Bone-inspired design of fiber-reinforced composites with optimal strength-toughness balance (BIOPTOUGH)From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Delaying off-axis cracking in composite plies with a conventional thicknessFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- 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
11 - 20 of 143
- Validation and Prediction of Fatigue Damage and Life of Unidirectional Composites(2023)
Authors: Babak Fazlali, Yentl Swolfs, Stepan Lomov
- Machine Learning Enhancement of Micro-CT Based Micromechanics of Composite Materials(2023)
Authors: Radmir Karamov, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs
- Dynamic stress concentrations around a single fiber break in unidirectional composites: a 3D finite element analysis(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs
Pages: 1075 - 1087 - Fibre-Matrix Interface Longitudinal Debonding and Translaminar Fracture of Fibre-Reinforced Composites: Model Development and Experimental Validation(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Mahoor Mehdikhani
- Ultrasonication optimisation and microstructural characterisation for 3D nanoparticle dispersion in thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers(2023)
Authors: Ruben Windey, Jeroen Soete, Yentl Swolfs, Martine Wevers
- Novel Sustainable Composites Incorporating a Biobased Thermoplastic Matrix and Recycled Aerospace Prepreg Waste: Development and Characterization(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Jan Ivens
- Super-Resolution Processing of Synchrotron CT Images for Automated Fibre Break Analysis of Unidirectional Composites(2023)
Authors: Christian Breite, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs
- Benchmark exercise on image-based permeability determination of engineering textiles: Microscale predictions(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs
- A 3D finite element stochastic framework for the failure of tow-based discontinuous composites(2023)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs
- Fatigue of hybrid fibre-reinforced plastics(2023)
Authors: Stepan Lomov, Christian Breite, Yentl Swolfs
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Hybrid self-reinforced composite material (Inventor)
- Hybrid self-reinforced composite material (Inventor)
Linked dataset
1 - 3 of 3
- 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)