Projects
Mechanical properties and chemical bonding at the interfaces in polymer-based composite materials (InterPoCo). University of Antwerp
Mechanical properties and chemical bonding at the interfaces in polymer-based composite materials (InterPoCo). University of Antwerp
Interlaminar Fracture of Fiber-Hybrid Composite Laminates: A Multiscale Approach KU Leuven
Lightweight structures are becoming increasingly essential to meet global emission regulations. Fiber-reinforced composites (FRPs) constitute a highly profitable and fast-growing market for the EU. Their high stiffness and strength and design flexibility enable designing lightweight structures with a low carbon footprint. In contrast, two main drawbacks hinder their industrial exploitation: poor delamination resistance and limited design ...
Computational damage identification and propagation in complex composite structures: Efficient and robust damage detection and diagnosis. KU Leuven
Houyu Lu’ work will focus on developing a new comprehensive computational scheme for critical, online decision making for optimal condition-based maintenance of safety critical composites. Nowadays the transport sector operates at a fixed-interval, conservative maintenance strategy which reduces the availability of the structural product (e.g. aircraft) with simultaneous costs for the operator and passengers worldwide. The proposed project ...
Mechanical investigation of epoxy-based composite laminates toughened with electrospun thermoplasticnanofibres Ghent University
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Fluid-structure interaction simulations of wind turbines with composite blades Ghent University
As the length of composite blades for large horizontal axis wind turbines keeps on increasing, the interaction between the air flow and the deforming composite blades has to be taken into account during their design. Therefore, a detailed numerical model and faster simulation techniques will be developed. Using this model, we will study vibrations and defects in the composite material.
Experimental measurement of the mechanical behaviour of composite materials and hybrid materials subject to different types of impact loading Ghent University
An oscilloscope (100 MHz sampling frequency, 8 channels) was purchased for the instrumentation in the following research projects:
U+2022 Experimental and numerical study of slamming wave impact on deformable composite structures
U+2022 Energy absorption of pultruded composite tubes
U+2022 Experimental and numerical study of window glass with safety film
U+2022 Bird impact on composite plates and ...
Characterization of the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced plastics through accelerated fatigue tests of composite beams and plates with electromagnetic shakers Ghent University
In recent years, the interest for fatigue testing of fibre-reinforced plastics has strongly increased, because composite materials are used more and more in structural load-carrying components. In such components, fatigue life time is much more an issue than in secondary, non-critical components. On the other hand, lab-scale fatigue tests show a lot of limitations and it takes a very long time to characterize the fatigue behaviour of one ...
Deep Learning-based delamination assessment of complex composite structures from UGW responses under varying environment KU Leuven
The present research proposal aims towards developing a Deep Learning (DL)-based inverse delamination damage assessment approach in complex industrial composite structures from Ultrasonic Guided Wave (UGW) responses under extreme and varying operating and environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, pressure). The proposal consists of a number of important innovative components, such as a) Developing an efficient model for easy ...