The new paper “On how unsymmetrical laminate designs with tailored ply clusters affect compression after impact strength compared to symmetric baseline” by AMADE researchers A. Sasikumar, S.M. García Rodríguez, J.J. Arbeláez, D. Trias and J. Costa is accepted for publication in Composite Structures (April 2020). This...
A new contribution by AMADE members Javier Gómez, Lluís Torres and Cristina Barris has been published in the open access journal Materials. “Characterization and Simulation of the Bond Response of NSM FRP Reinforcement in Concrete” tackles both numerically and experimentally the effect of the shape...
The AMADE group is proud to congratulate José Manuel Guerrero for having achieved this PhD degree after the successful defence of his dissertation in the conference hall of the Polytechnic School of the University of Girona last 7th February. His work has focused on an efficient...
Research groups at the Universitat of Girona (AMADE, GREP and LEPAMAP) also contribute in the fight against the COVID-19 with 3D printing visors for healthcare staff. ...
During the week of March 2nd-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. Michael May ( Ernst‐Mach‐Institut, EMI ) and Dr. Bruno Castanié (University of Toulouse ). DR. MICHAEL MAY. Head of Department Materials...
On January 29th, AMADE researcher Jordi Llobet Vallejo has presented his PhD thesis in the University of Girona. His contribution “A constitutive model for fatigue and residual strength predictions of composite laminates” deals with the fatigue issue of composites structures. In general, composites present an...
TREAL, a project funded by the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking, aims at developing an efficient framework to generate material allowables for thermoplastic based composite materials, starting from material characterization to the generation of virtual design allowables. The project commenced on the 1st of October,...
During the week of November 11th-15th, and in the framework of the Master’s Mechanics of Materials and Structures, we will receive the visit of Dr. Ernesto Zumelzu Delgado from the Universidad Austral de Chile (https://www.uach.cl/). Dr. Zumelzu is the coordinator of the Master studies of:...
Prof. Peter Bischoff, from the University of New Brunswick, in Canada, has been in a research visit with the AMADE Group during September and October 2019. Prof. Bischoff is widely recognized for his work on deflection calculation of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, and his visit...
High performance fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are at increasing demand in key industry sectors (e.g., aerospace, automotive) due to modern lightweight design strategy, which triggers reduced structural weight while preserving the high mechanics performances; reduced fuel consumption and consequent reduced NOx emission; and increased...