Browsing by Author "Xu, Yigeng"

Adhesive joint geometry variation in non-rigid aircraft structures

Coladas Mato, Pablo (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2019-11)

Adhesive bonding is a proven alternative to mechanical fasteners for structural assembly, offering lighter and thus more fuel efficient aircraft and cost-effective manufacturing processes. The effective application of ...

An Analytical Model for the Identification of the Threshold of Stress Intensity Factor Range for Crack Growth

Grasso, Marzio; De Iorio, Antonio; Xu, Yigeng; Haritos, George; Mohin, M.; Chen, Yong K. (Hindawi, 2017-01-18)

The value of the stress intensity factor (SIF) range threshold ( ) for fatigue crack growth (FCG) depends highly on its experimental identification. The identification and application of are not well established as its ...

Attention mechanism enhanced spatiotemporal-based deep learning approach for classifying barely visible impact damages in CFRP materials

Deng, Kailun; Liu, Haochen; Cao, Jun; Yang, Lichao; Du, Weixiang; Xu, Yigeng; Zhao, Yifan (Elsevier, 2024-03-14)

Most existing machine learning approaches for analysing thermograms mainly focus on either thermal images or pixel-wise temporal profiles of specimens. To fully leverage useful information in thermograms, this article ...

Damage tolerance enhancement of thermoset composites modified with thermoplastic veil interleaves

Ramji, Amit (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2019)

A feasible method of overcoming the stringent certification and ecological sustainability objectives within the aerospace sector is to substitute conventional engineering alloys with high-performance lightweight composite ...

Delamination migration in CFRP laminates under mode I loading

Ramji, Amit; Xu, Yigeng; Yasaee, Mehdi; Grasso, Marzio; Webb, Philip (Elsevier, 2020-02-10)

This paper focuses on the effect of interfacial fibre orientation and interleaved veil on the delamination migration of carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates under Mode I loading. Double cantilever beam specimens with ...

Effect of electromagnetic treatment on fatigue resistance of 2011 aluminum alloy

Mohin, M. A.; Toofanny, H.; Babutskyi, A.; Lewis, A.; Xu, Yigeng (World Scientific Publishing, 2016-08-08)

Beneficial effects of the electromagnetic treatment on fatigue resistance were reported on several engineering alloys. These could be linked to the dislocation activity and the rearrangement of the crystal structure of the ...

Effect of electropulsing on the fatigue resistance of aluminium alloy 2014-T6

Babutskyi, A.; Mohin, M.; Chrysanthou, A.; Xu, Yigeng; Lewis, A. (Elsevier, 2019-11-12)

The effects of electropulsing on the fatigue resistance of aluminium alloy 2014-T6 were studied in relation to electric current amplitude, pulse duration, and number of repetitions. Utilising the Taguchi method, the present ...

Effect of interfacial fibre orientation and PPS veil density on delamination resistance of 5HS woven CFRP laminates under mode II loading

Ramji, Amit; Xu, Yigeng; Grasso, Marzio; Yasaee, Mehdi; Webb, Philip (Elsevier, 2021-02-19)

This paper presents an experimental study on the effect of interfacial fibre orientation and interleaved thermoplastic veil on Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness of 5-harness satin woven carbon fibre reinforced polymer ...

Effect of plastic deformation on compliance curve based crack closure measurement

Mohin, M.; Xu, Yigeng; Lewis, A.; Chrysanthou, A. (Trans Tech Publications, 2016-09-30)

Fatigue crack growth depends heavily on near tip stress-strain behavior controlled by many micromechanical and microstructural factors. Crack closure is widely used to rationalize crack growth behaviour under complex loading ...

Enhanced bondline thickness analysis for non-rigid airframe structural assemblies

Mato, Pablo Coladas; Webb, Philip; Xu, Yigeng; Graham, Daniel; Portsmore, Andrew; Preston, Edward (2019-05-13)

Adhesive bonding is a proven alternative to mechanical fasteners for structural assembly, offering lighter and thus more fuel efficient aircraft and cost-effective manufacturing processes. The effective application of ...

Experimental and computational vibration analysis for diagnosing the defects in high performance composite structures using machine learning approach

Jakkamputi, Lakshmipathi; Devaraj, Saravanakumar; Marikkannan, Senthilkumar; Gnanasekaran, Sakthivel; Ramasamy, Sivakumar; Rakkiyannan, Jegadeeshwaran; Xu, Yigeng (MDPI, 2022-11-26)

Delamination in laminated structures is a concern in high-performance structural applications, which challenges the latest non-destructive testing techniques. This study assesses the delamination damage in the glass ...

Exploring advanced functionalities of carbon fiber-graded PEEK composites as bone fixation plates using finite element analysis

Zhang, Chenggong; Wen, Pihua; Xu, Yigeng; Fu, Zengxiang; Ren, Guogang (MDPI, 2024-01-14)

This study aims to address the challenges associated with conventional metallic bone fixation plates in biomechanical applications, such as stainless steel and titanium alloys, including stress shielding, allergic reactions, ...

Fatigue life prediction of woven composite laminates with initial delamination

Wan, Ao-Shuang; Xiong, Junjiang; Xu, Yigeng (Wiley, 2020-07-13)

An engineering approach for fatigue life prediction of fibre‐reinforced polymer composite materials is highly desirable for industries due to the complexity in damage mechanisms and their interactions. This paper presents ...

Finite element modeling and fatigue life prediction of helicopter composite tail structure under multipoint coordinated loading spectrum

Wan, Ao-Shuang; Xu, Yigeng; Xue, Li-Heng; Xu, Ming-Rui; Xiong, Junjiang (Elsevier, 2020-09-01)

This paper presents a numerical study on fatigue life prediction of helicopter composite tail structure under multipoint coordinated loading spectrum. The FE model of a full-scale helicopter composite tail structure was ...

Identification of the key design inputs for the FEM-based preliminary sizing and mass estimation of a civil aircraft wing box structure

You, Chao; Yasaee, Mehdi; He, Shun; Yang, Daqing; Xu, Yigeng; Dayyani, Iman; Ghasemnejad, Hessam; Guo, Shijun; Webb, Phil; Jennings, James; Federico, Giovanni (Elsevier, 2021-12-14)

FEM-based preliminary structural sizing has been successfully carried out for a typical single-aisle wing box structure using MSC Nastran, by considering various load cases representing typical aircraft manoeuvres, engine ...

Low-velocity impact behaviour of woven laminate plates with fire retardant resin

Grasso, Marzio; Xu, Yigeng; Ramji, Amit; Zhou, Gang; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Haritos, George; Chen, Yong (Elsevier, 2019-04-27)

The understanding of the damage mechanisms for woven laminate plates under low-velocity impact is challenging as the damage mechanisms at the interface of adjacent layers are dominated by the fibre architecture. This work ...

Mixed mode fatigue crack propagation behaviour of aluminium F357 alloy

Grasso, Marzio; Xu, Yigeng; Russo, Roberto; Rosiello, Vincenzo (Elsevier, 2018-04-05)

Manufacturing defects are often not in the plane perpendicular to the loading direction and will propagate under mixed mode fatigue loading condition. This paper presents a numerical study of mixed mode crack growth behaviour ...

Notch effect on strength and fatigue life of woven composite laminates

Wan, Ao-Shuang; Xu, Yigeng; Xiong, Junjiang (Elsevier, 2019-06-15)

This paper presents an experimental and numerical study of the notch effect on strength and fatigue life of double edge notched (DEN) composite laminates made of woven glass fibre lamina 3238A/EW250F and woven carbon fibre ...

Three-dimensional subsurface defect shape reconstruction and visualisation by pulsed thermography

Sirikham, Adisorn; Zhao, Yifan; Liu, Haochen; Xu, Yigeng; Williams, Stewart; Mehnen, Jorn (Elsevier, 2019-12-04)

Defects detected by most thermographic inspection are represented in the form of 2D image, which might limit the understanding of where the defects initiate and how they grow over time. This paper introduces a novel technique ...

Threshold identification and damage characterization of woven gf/cf composites under low-velocity impact

Grasso, Marzio; Xu, Yigeng (MDPI, 2022-10-11)

The Delamination Threshold Load (DTL) is a key parameter representing damage resistance of a laminate and is normally identified by locating a sudden drop in the impact force-time history for the laminate made of unidirectional ...

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