This study presents findings for the strength and failure mechanism of a 3D-printed Continuous Carbon Fibre reinforced Onyx (CCF/Onyx) Thermo-Plastic Composite Fastener (TPCF) and a single lap-joint (SLJ) made of fibre/polymer ...

The aim of the work was to investigate the numerical simulations correlation with the experimental behaviour of steel ball high velocity impact onto a 2 × 2 twill woven carbon composite laminate. The experimental set up ...

External airframe structural components facing the aircraft flight direction, are prone to bird collisions. Aircraft manufacturers meet the bird strike airworthiness requirements through physical bird strike testing. Mainly ...

This paper present the crashworthiness assessment of a composite fuselage section with a cargo door by means of the Finite Element (FE) software ABAQUS/Explicit. In crashworthiness research, no analysis, either experimental ...

The structural loading on a conceptual lap joint in the empennage of a civil aircraft has been investigated. The lap joint interfaces the end-pressure part-hemispherical bulkhead to the cylindrical fuselage. The pressure ...

The present paper presents a three-dimensional composite damage model for predicting the crush response of thin-walled structures, i.e., cylindrical tubes, manufactured employing fibre-reinforced polymer–matrix composites. ...

This paper presents the interrogation of low velocity impact and compression after impact test results on a woven fibre composite having a fire retardant, syntactic core, two phase epoxy matrix. The results of the study ...

Civil aviation industry is researching for alternative fuel energy sources to substitute current hydrocarbon-based aviation fuels. Carbon free emissions flights could be achieved with fuels like Hydrogen either through ...

This paper presents the effect of stiffener damage on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite (CFRP) stiffened panels subjected to compression, for various stiffener design configurations. Nonlinear finite element progressive ...

Finite Element Analysis numerical models were generated to simulate and investigate the pull-through damage of bolted joints on composite laminates. Three-dimensional elements were used along with a user material subroutine ...