Publications
Monitoring of fatigue damage in metal plates by acoustic emission and thermography Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Acoustic Emission (AE) supplies information on the fracturing behavior of different materials. In this study, AE activity was recorded during fatigue experiments in metal CT specimens with a V-shape notch which were loaded in fatigue until final failure. AE parameters exhibit a sharp increase approximately 1000 cycles before than final failure. Therefore, the use of acoustic emission parameters is discussed both in terms of characterization ...
Multiaxial damage characterization of carbon/epoxy angle-ply laminates under static tension by combining in situ microscopy with acoustic emission Vrije Universiteit Brussel
FE-modeling of damage of twill carbon/epoxy composite on meso-scale, materials characterization and experimental verification KU Leuven Ghent University
Damage Signature of Fatigued Fabric Reinforced Plastics in the Pulsed Ultrasonic Polar Scan Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Experimental investigation of the fatigue behaviour of off-axis CFRP laminates using Non Destructive Techniques Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Composite materials are in practice subjected to fatigue loading, which most of the times happens to be multiaxial. This multiaxiality can for example appear in tubular specimens under combined tension/torsion loading or in cruciform specimens tested bi-axially. Due to the anisotropy that characterizes composite materials, multiaxial internal loads also occur even under simple uniaxial external loading. Therefore, it is preferable to use ...