Conference Agenda

4:30pm - 4:45pm

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE FATIGUE DAMAGE MECHANISMS IN SHORT GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED RECYCLED POLYPROPILENE FILLED WITH MINERAL FILLER

Andrea Resente¹, Mauro Ricotta¹, Fiorella Trivellin², Giovanni Meneghetti¹

¹University of Padova, Italy; ²Electrolux Italy S.P.A

4:45pm - 5:00pm

ESTIMATING MICROSCOPIC DEFECT SIZE FROM MODE I, MODE II AND MIXED MODE I/II INTERLAMINAR DELMINATION PROPAGATION IN GFRP LAMINATES UNDER QUASI-STATIC LOAD

Andreas J. Brunner¹, Maria Gfrerrer², Veronika Koss², Gerald Pinter²

¹private, Switzerland; ²Montanuniversity Leoben, Austria

5:00pm - 5:15pm

HOW DATA ANALYSIS LEADS TO APPARENT SCATTER IN FATIGUE DELAMINATION GROWTH TESTS — A ROUND ROBIN INVESTIGATION

John-Alan Pascoe¹, Roy Amkies², Mael Arhant³, Lea Aydin⁴, Leslie Banks-Sills⁵, Idriss Boul Boul¹, Stephan Marzi⁴, Mor Mega², Shira Rifkind², Anuwdita Singh^5,6, Siddharth Suman⁷

¹Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering; ²Ariel University, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics; ³IFREMER; ⁴Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Fachbereich Maschinenbau und Energietechnik; ⁵Tel Aviv University, School of Mechanical Engineering; ⁶Indian Institute of Information Technology Gwalior, Department of Engineering Sciences; ⁷VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Centre for Nuclear Safety

5:15pm - 5:30pm

Multiscale Modelling of Fiber Bridging in Delamination of UD-Laminates under Mixed-Mode Loading

Riccardo Grosselle, Esben Lindgaard, Brian L.V. Bak

CraCS Research Group, Aalborg University, Denmark

5:30pm - 5:45pm

FRACTURE TESTING OF COMPLEX, NEW POLYMER-BASED MATERIALS: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL APPROACHES

Bamber R.K. Blackman¹, Andreas J. Brunner², Laurent Warnet³

¹Imperial College London, United Kingdom; ²retired from Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology; ³University Twente