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
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- Compressive testing of thermoset composites reinforced with high-performance polymer fibres(2022)
Authors: Larissa Gorbatikh, Yentl Swolfs
Pages: 1529 - 1540 - In-situ synchrotron computed tomography tensile testing observations of the hybrid effect: A comparison with theory(2022)
Authors: Yentl Swolfs, Stepan Lomov, Larissa Gorbatikh
- The translaminar fracture toughness of high-performance polymer fibre composites and their carbon fibre hybrids(2022)
Authors: Yoran Geboes, Jeroen Soete, Jan Ivens, Yentl Swolfs
- Longitudinal debonding in unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites: Numerical analysis of the effect of interfacial properties(2022)
Authors: Christian Breite, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Yentl Swolfs
- Discussion of the statistical representativeness of the results in: Lomov, Breite, Melnikov, Mesquita, Swolfs and Abaimov [Int. J. Solids Struct 225 (2021) 111061](2022)
Authors: Stepan Lomov, Christian Breite, Arsen Melnikov, Yentl Swolfs
- Detailed experimental validation and benchmarking of six models for longitudinal tensile failure of unidirectional composites(2022)
Authors: Christian Breite, Arsen Melnikov, Larissa Gorbatikh, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs
- A synchrotron computed tomography dataset for validation of longitudinal tensile failure models based on fibre break and cluster development(2021)
Authors: Christian Breite, Arsen Melnikov, Larissa Gorbatikh, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Stepan Lomov, Yentl Swolfs
- Commercial self-reinforced composites: A comparative study(2021)
Authors: Larissa Gorbatikh, Yentl Swolfs
- Digital volume correlation for meso/micro in-situ damage analysis in carbon fiber reinforced composites(2021)
Authors: Mahoor Mehdikhani, Christian Breite, Yentl Swolfs, Jeroen Soete, Martine Wevers, Stepan Lomov, Larissa Gorbatikh
- Fiber break model for tension-tension fatigue of unidirectional composites(2021)
Authors: Babak Fazlali, Stepan Lomov, 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)