Projects
Unravelling In-Situ constituent Properties in fibre-reinforced composites: digital volume correlation applied to synchrotron computed tomography images (InSituPro) KU Leuven
Designing and generating accurate methodologies to assess mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced composites has been and still is an arduous challenge. The challenges are interrelated with the structural variability and complexity present in these structures and lead to inherent scatter in numerical models utilizing those property values. In this study, the aim is to develop an efficient and accurate methodology to counteract the present ...
Shear-driven interlaminar fracture of composite laminates using in-situ computer tomography: A multiscale approach KU Leuven
Novel methods and tools for in situ characterization of composite materials and tissues, and their microstructural changes during mechanical testing using X-ray computed tomography KU Leuven
Advanced digital volume correlation to measure deformation and damage in fibre-reinforced composites based on time-resolved X-ray computed tomography KU Leuven
Description and motivation of the research : In the pursuit of reduced energy consumption in transport applications, the search for better lightweight materials continues. In many industries, lightweight composite materials improve product design and create safer solutions and new possibilities. As a result, sophisticated materials testing becomes more and more imperative. XCT imaging (3D), well known for its capabilities in characterising ...
XCT - KU Leuven X-ray Computed Tomography Core Facility KU Leuven
The KU Leuven XCT core facility manages different micro- and nanofocus X-ray computed tomography systems and has several in-situ loading stages for testing materials to study the response and damage development in materials (4D XCT). This infrastructure allows to understand and optimize the hierarchical structure of materials. The XCT data are used to model the material performance and to optimize production processes, leading to new ...
The combined use of in-situ loading in an X-ray micro-CT system and advanced image processing techniques to unravel the mechanical behaviour and failure of porous materials. KU Leuven
Compressed Shape Sensing meets Dynamic Electron Tomography (4D-ATOM). University of Antwerp
Cofinancing core facility - Centre for X-ray Tomography – UGCT Ghent University
The UGCT is an interfaculty consortium that combines UGent activities around high-resolution X-ray CT. The consortium owns several state-of-the-art devices, the majority of which are self-built. For more than 15 years, the facility has bundled all infrastructure present at UGent for high-resolution X-ray CT for non-in-vivo purposes, and is used together with the expertise and knowledge to provide services, both on an academic and industrial ...
Joint deformation estimation and Computerized Tomographic reconstruction for studying dynamic processes Ghent University
In material sciences, the analysis of a material’s structure and its deformation behavior are essential. High-resolution X-ray tomography (μCT) and particularly the imaging of dynamic processes using 4D-μCT are powerful, non-destructive tools to perform this analysis. However, full analysis requires processing of the 3D data associated with the internal motion of a material sample through time, which is called digital volume correlation ...