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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 150 Downloads: 93 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 16, 2026 pp. 89-106

Mechanical and tomographic characterisation of recycled Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (rCFRP) using a fully mechanical environmentally friendly process

Andrea Casaroli, Marco Virginio Boniardi, Edoardo Scabini

The widespread use of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in sectors such as aerospace and aviation calls for the adoption of sustainable recycling protocols. This research evaluates the mechanical and tomographic…

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Miscellanea Views: 974 Downloads: 530 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 385-398

Experimental investigation of fibre reinforced plastics with hybrid layups under high-velocity impact loads

Marco Romano, Carl J. J. Hoinkes, Ingo Ehrlich, Johann Höcherl, Norbert Gebbeken

This paper deals with experimental investigations concerning energy dissipation capacity of different kinds of reinforcement fibres in monolithic and hybrid layups under high-velocity impact loads. The investigated kinds of fibres are…

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Miscellanea Views: 748 Downloads: 550 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 69-77

Failure analysis of dissimilar single-lap joints

F.A. Stuparu, D.A. Apostol, D.M. Constantinescu, M. Sandu, S. Sorohan

Single-lap joints made of aluminium and carbon fibre adherends of different thickness are tested to understand better the behaviour of such dissimilar joints. The overlap length and the thickness of the adhesive are kept constant. Local…

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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,389 Downloads: 653 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 410-418

Fracture micrographic analysis of a carbon FML under three-point bending load

Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Larisa Patricia Mocanu

The core of the present work concerns the analysis of the failure mode and the fracture process induced by the flexural load in Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs). The influence of the connection layer placed between the composite ones and the…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 1,132 Downloads: 404 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) April 13, 2024 pp. 18-28

Titanium/FRP hybrid sandwich: in-plane flexural behaviour of short beam specimens

Costanzo Bellini, Rosario Borrelli, Vittorio Di Cocco, Stefania Franchitti, Francesco Iacoviello, Larisa Patricia Mocanu, Luca Sorrentino

Adopting novel sandwich structures with FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer) skins and a metallic lattice core, both of which have high specific strength and stiffness, is one way to achieve better mechanical performance while remaining…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,568 Downloads: 619 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 231-239

Material choice to optimise the performance index of isogrid structures

Costanzo Bellini, Filippo Berto, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Larisa Patricia Mocanu

Three key qualities should define the structures used in the aviation industry: they should be light, rigid, and strong. These goals can be met by selecting lightweight, high-performance materials like titanium alloy or composites, but…

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Miscellanea Views: 792 Downloads: 478 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 26, 2018 pp. 275-284

Experimental Research on the Instantaneous and Long-Term Deflections of Pre-Cracked Concrete Beams Enhanced by Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer

Shiyong Jiang, Tao Cai, Shijuan Wu, Weilai Yao

This paper aims to disclose the influence law of cracks on instantaneous and long-term deflections of reinforced beam. For this purpose, four concrete beams were created, pre-loaded to varied degrees of cracking, and reinforced with carbon…

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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 1,326 Downloads: 578 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 7, 2019 pp. 442-448

Interlaminar shear strength study on CFRP/Al hybrid laminates with different properties

Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Luca Sorrentino

FML (Fibre Metal Laminate) is a hybrid material that presents outstanding structural properties, such as resistance to cyclic and dynamic loads, together with low specific weight. This material consists of metal sheets alternating to…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 854 Downloads: 717 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) August 10, 2019 pp. 126-140

The Effects of Ply Orientation on Nonlinear Buckling of Aircraft composite Stiffened Panel

Ouadia Mouhat, Abdelmajid Bybi, Ahmed El Bouhmidi, Mohamed Rougui

In this paper, gradual demand for curved, stiffened panels composite emerged from carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP); these are structures that are frequently used in aerospace engineering. Up to 50% of the primary structure of the…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 949 Downloads: 403 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) April 19, 2024 pp. 60-70

The influence of technological defects on the mechanical behavior of CFRP during buckling under compression based on DIC data and acoustic emission

Stanislav Slovikov, Dmitry Lobanov, Ekaterina Chebotareva, Valeria Melnikova

The research focuses on examining the impact of technological defects, specifically "dry-spot" and "wrinkles," on the mechanical behavior and buckling resistance of structural composites. The investigation of the buckling phenomenon was…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 692 Downloads: 354 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 31, 2024 pp. 182-192

Numerical study of delamination process of the CFRP composite

Eva Kormaníková, Kamila Kotrasova

A quasi-static approach for an interface damage model, incorporating Rayleigh damping for viscoelastic carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, is introduced. The interface traction-relative displacement behavior is modeled using a thin…

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SI: Portuguese contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 624 Downloads: 519 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 411-418

Impact response of laminated cylindrical shells

Carlos Alexandre Campos Pais Coelho, Fábio V.P. Navalho, P.N.B. Reis

Composite laminates subjected to low-velocity impact events on the through-thickness direction are conveniently studied and disseminated in the open literature. However, in terms of laminated cylindrical shells this subject is less common.…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 394 Downloads: 554 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 13, 2025 pp. 108-130

Influence of contact interaction character on residual stresses arising over damaged area in composite plate

Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Vladimir Pisarev, Yury Matvienko, Galina Gvozdeva

New data concerning the values of residual stresses that arise as a result of the contact interaction of a spherical indenter and a flat surface of composite plate have been obtained. The studies are performed for both static indentation…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,174 Downloads: 574 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 22, 2019 pp. 739-747

Experimental analysis of aluminium/carbon epoxy hybrid laminates under flexural load

Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Luca Sorrentino

Industry needs new materials that present very high structural characteristic, such as high strength, low weight and high damage tolerance. To obtain these characteristics a new class of materials has been introduced: Fibre Metal Laminate…

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