Projects
Boosting collaboration between research centres and industry to enhance rapid industrial uptake of innovative functional textile structures and textile related materials in a mondial market U+2013 2BFUNTEX Ghent University
2BFUNTEX aims at developing an Open Innovation Platform for current and future actions in research, education and technology transfer in the field of functional textiles for all innovation actors. Further, multidisciplinary teams will be set up oriented towards untapping the experienced potential and to enhance transfer of the knowledge available at universities and research institutes to industry to favour rapid industrial uptake.
Mix design and strengthening of concrete structures with textile reinforced alkali-activated mortar Ghent University
State-of-the-art mix designs for alkali-activated concrete are taken to study mix design for textile
reinforced mortar. Key parameters are local by-products, compatibility of materials and shrinkage
control. At micro-scale the focus is on the mortar and mortar-textile composite; at meso-scale on bond
to concrete and tension stiffening; and at macro-scale on strengthening effect when applied to ...
Elastic, electrically conductive textile structures for intelligent textiles Ghent University
The goal of this project is the creation of elastic, electrically conductive textile structures (elastic e-textiles) of which the conductivity remains constant upon elongation (up to a maximum of 100%), in which the guide does not have any influence on the specific textile character (deformability, feel), and the classic textile properties (such as strength, abrasion resistance, ...) and wherein the retaining remain conductive properties ...
EXTENSION: COST Action TU1303: Novel Structural Skins: Improving sustainability and efficiency through new structural textile materials and designs (Year 2) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Automated tensile tester for the characterisation of the cross-section and tensile behaviour of synthetic and natural fibres KU Leuven
OZR backup mandate: Multiscale Investigation of 3D Textile Reinforced Cement Composites: a Combined Experimental and Numerical Approach from Mesoscopic Scale Complex Interactions up to Structural Scale Mechanical Behaviour Vrije Universiteit Brussel
transversal through thickness connections of the textile improving the bending performance of the textile reinforced cement composite (TRC) in the post-cracking phase. Yet, no ...
Ductile and brittle fracture assessment of pipeline steels using advanced dynamic tensile tear testing methodology. KU Leuven
Fracture propagation control of high-pressure pipelines is an essential strategy to avoid a catastrophic event that includes both economic losses and environmental damage. To ensure structural integrity over several decades, the pipe material is subjected to an extensive fracture analysis. Lab-scale fracture testing is an essential tool to determine a materials’ resistance against crack propagation. Standardised tests such as the Charpy ...
Tensile Strength Prediction of Fibre-Hybrid Composites: A Multiscale Approach KU Leuven
With the growing environmental concerns, lightweight structural designs are becoming increasingly important as they help meet the global emission regulations. Fibre-reinforced composites are the current state-of-the-art for lightweight structures and their use is rising exponentially in a wide range of applications from aerospace to sporting goods. They exhibit a range of useful material properties—notably specific stiffness and ...