It can be said that it is common wisdom that laminates must be symmetric. However, in some special cases, the use of unsymmetrical laminates can be of advantage when the load cases induce unevenly distributed stresses. This recent contribution by AMADE members has explored this...
The Composite Structures issue of last March includes a paper that addresses the problem of defining the design parameters (B-basis design allowables) that are to be used in notched configurations of CFRP laminates. The allowables must account for the manufacturing, geometrical and microstructure variability. Usually,...
On September 7th , AMADE’s PhD student Albert Soto has very satisfactorily presented his PhD dissertation. This contribution is aimed at imporving the design of relatively large composite sub-components under the potential failure caused by low velocity impact (LVI) and subjected to Compression After Impact...
During the week of March 4th-8th, and in the framework of the Master's Mechanics of Materials and Structures we will receive the visit of two leading researchers on composites: Dr. Silvestre Pinho (Imperial College of London) and Dr. Julien Jumel (Université of Boudeaux). Dr. Pinho is...
7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, Composites 2019, will be held at Girona between 18 and 20 of September. The main goal of Composites 2019 is the scientific investigation of complex mechanical behaviour of composite materials and structures. The conference focuses on...
The October ’18 issue of Composites Part A includes a contribution by S. García-Rodríguez et al. that compares the out-of-plane response of thin-plies with that of standard-ply samples. Damage initiation and propagation has been detailed using quasi-static indentation and impact tests at incremental energy levels,...
Se ha abierto la posibilidad de cursar el Máster Oficial Europeo en Mecánica de Materiales y Estructuras (master.mms@udg.edu) disfrutando de una beca de 5000 €. Podrán optar a la beca otorgada por la Fundación Catalana La Pedrera para Másteres de excelencia si se cumplen los...
Once again, AMADE is happy to announce that a new PhD dissertation has been successfully presented. Magdalena Pérez, on July 27, presented her original research on the shear (mode II) fracture toughness in adhesive joints. She has used two new data reduction methods that allow...
AMADE is pleased to congratulate Laura Carreras for earning her PhD last July 17. She presented her thesis, a contribution to the reliable design of composite structures subjected to fatigue-driven delamination. A first step has been to design a method, using the cohesive zone model...
Make the most of a research stay: That is what Jordi Llobet did in the University of Aalborg (Denmark) under the supervision of Dr. Esben Lindgaard. Three months till June 1 were invested in developing a numerical application to couple the damage occurring inside the...