Medina Escobar, Sergio Alonso (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)
The rate-dependent behaviour of the interlaminar fracture toughness of fibre reinforced composites has been a matter of research during the last decades. However, the results obtained so far are not ...
Pérez Galmés, Magdalena (Date of defense: 2018-07-27)
Adhesives have been shown to be an excellent solution for joining fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) components thanks to their capacity to redistribute loads, reduces stress concentrations and contribute ...
Llobet Vallejo, Jordi (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)
This thesis investigates the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced composite laminates. Fatigue of composite materials is a complex subject both from an experimental and numerical modelling point of ...
Sasikumar, Aravind (Date of defense: 2019-07-18)
Despite the weight savings, composite materials are vulnerable to impact loads mainly due to the alarming reduction in the compression after impact strength (CAI). This thesis exploits the potential of ...
Falcó Salcines, Olben (Date of defense: 2014-04-10)
Currently, the use of Automated Fiber Placement technology allows, large composite aircraft components to be manufactured with high quality materials and introduce new laminate concepts. Among such ...
Soto Masip, Albert (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)
Fiber reinforced composite materials are nowadays used in several industrial applications that pursue structural weight reduction to reduce fuel consumption. The stiffness-to-weight and strength-to-weight ...
Carreras Blasco, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)
The overall purpose of this Ph.D. thesis is to contribute to the reliable design of composite structures subjected to fatigue-driven delamination. The aim is motivated by a wish to reduce the amount of ...
Abdel Monsef, Said Ahmed Ibrahim (Date of defense: 2020-07-02)
Cohesive zone models are widely used for modelling delamination and bonded joints under different loading conditions. In the current thesis, an objective inverse method has been developed to extract the ...
Rodríguez Monteagudo, Manuel (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
The present PhD work has been done within the research topics of the Laboratory of Paper Engineering and Polymer Materials (LEPAMAP) at the University of Girona. Composite materials from high yield corn ...
Oliver Ortega, Helena (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
The main goal of this thesis is the production and characterization of composites materials from a bio-based polyamide and natural fibres which could be more sustainable alternative to glass fibre ...