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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
- 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
111 - 120 of 143
- Synchrotron radiation computed tomography for experimental validation of a tensile strength model for unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Larissa Gorbatikh, Ignace Verpoest
Pages: 106 - 113 - The importance of bonding in intralayer carbon fibre/self-reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Yannick Meerten, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 299 - 308 - Intralayer hybridisation to combine the ductility of self-reinforced polypropylene with the stiffness of carbon fibre(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Yannick Meerten, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 1 - 10 - The effect of fibre cuts on the tensile behaviour of hybrid carbon fibre/self-reinforced polypropylene composites(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Yannick Meerten, Jan Ivens, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 1 - 17 - Issues in strength models for unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites related to Weibull distributions, fibre packings and boundary effects(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 42 - 49 - Issues in strength models for unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites related to Weibull distributions, fibre packings and boundary effects(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 42 - 49 - Matrix cracks around fibre breaks and their effect on stress redistribution and failure development in unidirectional composites(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 16 - 22 - The effect of fibre dispersion on initial failure strain and cluster development in unidirectional carbon/glass hybrid composites(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
Pages: 279 - 287 - Hybridisation of Self-reinforced Composites: Modelling and Verifying a Novel Hybrid Concept(2015)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Ignace Verpoest, Larissa Gorbatikh
- Penetration impact testing of self-reinforced composites(2015)
Authors: Yannick Meerten, Yentl Swolfs, Joris Baets, Larissa Gorbatikh, Ignace Verpoest
Pages: 289 - 295
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)