All Outputs (13)

Multiscale modelling of CFRP composites exposed to thermo-mechanical loading from fire (2024)
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Wan, L., & Millen, S. L. (2024). Multiscale modelling of CFRP composites exposed to thermo-mechanical loading from fire. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 187, Article 108481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108481

Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) are prone to structural damage during extreme events such as fire. Typically, modelling the effect of fire on CFRP structures is carried out through mesoscale analysis to predict overall structural performance.... Read More about Multiscale modelling of CFRP composites exposed to thermo-mechanical loading from fire.

Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression (2024)
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Chen, J., Wan, L., Nelms, K., Allegri, G., & Yang, D. (2024). Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression. Composite Structures, 347, Article 118451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118451

This research delves into the failure mechanisms exhibited by unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites under longitudinal compression, while considering the interplay of three types of manufacturing-induced defects: initial wa... Read More about Failure analysis of unidirectional CFRP composites with the coupled effects of initial fibre waviness and voids under longitudinal compression.

Comprehensive inter-fibre failure analysis and failure criteria comparison for composite materials using micromechanical modelling under biaxial loading (2023)
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Wan, L., Ullah, Z., Yang, D., & Falzon, B. G. (2023). Comprehensive inter-fibre failure analysis and failure criteria comparison for composite materials using micromechanical modelling under biaxial loading. Journal of Composite Materials, 57(18), 2919-2932. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219983231176609

Inter-fibre failure analysis of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites, under biaxial loading conditions, has been a longstanding challenge and is addressed in this study. Biaxial failure analysis of IM7/8552 CFRP unidirectional (UD) compo... Read More about Comprehensive inter-fibre failure analysis and failure criteria comparison for composite materials using micromechanical modelling under biaxial loading.

Probability embedded failure prediction of unidirectional composites under biaxial loadings combining machine learning and micromechanical modelling (2023)
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Wan, L., Ullah, Z., Yang, D., & Falzon, B. G. (2023). Probability embedded failure prediction of unidirectional composites under biaxial loadings combining machine learning and micromechanical modelling. Composite Structures, 312, Article 116837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116837

This study presents a data-driven, probability embedded approach for the failure prediction of IM7/8552 unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials under biaxial stress states based on micromechanical modelling and artif... Read More about Probability embedded failure prediction of unidirectional composites under biaxial loadings combining machine learning and micromechanical modelling.

A novel approach for 3D discrete element modelling the progressive delamination in unidirectional CFRP composites (2022)
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Wan, L., Sheng, Y., McCarthy, E. D., & Yang, D. (2023). A novel approach for 3D discrete element modelling the progressive delamination in unidirectional CFRP composites. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 277, Article 108982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108982

This study proposed a novel approach based on the 3D discrete element method (DEM) to simulate the progressive delamination in unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminates. A hexagonal packing strategy was used for modell... Read More about A novel approach for 3D discrete element modelling the progressive delamination in unidirectional CFRP composites.

3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced powder-based epoxy composites (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, H., Zhang, K., Li, A., Wan, L., Robert, C., Ó Brádaigh, C. M., & Yang, D. (2022). 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced powder-based epoxy composites. Composites Communications, 33, Article 101239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2022.101239

This paper presents an experimental study on 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced thermoset epoxy composites. Powder-based solid epoxy was electrostatically flocked on the 1K continuous carbon fibre tow and then melted to fabricate compo... Read More about 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced powder-based epoxy composites.

An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks (2021)
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Ismail, Y., Wan, L., Chen, J., Ye, J., & Yang, D. (2022). An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks. Engineering with Computers, 38(5), 4323-4335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-021-01525-1

This paper presents a robust ABAQUS® plug-in called Virtual Data Generator (VDGen) for generating virtual data for identifying the uncertain material properties in unidirectional lamina through artificial neural networks (ANNs). The plug-in supports... Read More about An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks.

Micromechanical analysis of UD CFRP composite lamina under multiaxial loading with different loading paths (2021)
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Chen, J., Wan, L., Ismail, Y., Hou, P., Ye, J., & Yang, D. (2021). Micromechanical analysis of UD CFRP composite lamina under multiaxial loading with different loading paths. Composite Structures, 269, Article 114024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114024

The influences of loading path on the failure of unidirectional (UD) carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminae IM7/8552 are studied. A 3D representative volume element (RVE) based micromechanical model is established using finite eleme... Read More about Micromechanical analysis of UD CFRP composite lamina under multiaxial loading with different loading paths.

A micromechanics and machine learning coupled approach for failure prediction of unidirectional CFRP composites under triaxial loading: A preliminary study (2021)
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Chen, J., Wan, L., Ismail, Y., Ye, J., & Yang, D. (2021). A micromechanics and machine learning coupled approach for failure prediction of unidirectional CFRP composites under triaxial loading: A preliminary study. Composite Structures, 267, Article 113876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113876

This study presents a hybrid method based on artificial neural network (ANN) and micro-mechanics for the failure prediction of IM7/8552 unidirectional (UD) composite lamina under triaxial loading. The ANN is trained offline by numerical data from a h... Read More about A micromechanics and machine learning coupled approach for failure prediction of unidirectional CFRP composites under triaxial loading: A preliminary study.

Microscale intrinsic properties of hybrid unidirectional/woven composite laminates: Part I experimental tests (2020)
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Ye, J., Cai, H., Liu, L., Zhai, Z., Amaechi, C. V., Wang, Y., Wan, L., Yang, D., Chen, X., & Ye, J. (2021). Microscale intrinsic properties of hybrid unidirectional/woven composite laminates: Part I experimental tests. Composite Structures, 262, Article 113369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113369

Understanding of the failure of composites is critical for evaluating their safety and reliability when they are in service. In this research, a combined image analysis technique using computed microtomography (micro-CT) and scanning electron microsc... Read More about Microscale intrinsic properties of hybrid unidirectional/woven composite laminates: Part I experimental tests.

Progressive failure analysis of CFRP composite laminates under uniaxial tension using a discrete element method (2020)
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Wan, L., Ismail, Y., Sheng, Y., Wu, K., & Yang, D. (2021). Progressive failure analysis of CFRP composite laminates under uniaxial tension using a discrete element method. Journal of Composite Materials, 55(8), 1091-1108. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320961460

This study presents a 3D Discrete Element Method (DEM) model for the progressive failure analysis of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composite materials subjected to uniaxial tensile loading. Particles in the model are packed and bonded in reg... Read More about Progressive failure analysis of CFRP composite laminates under uniaxial tension using a discrete element method.

Computational micromechanics-based prediction of the failure of unidirectional composite lamina subjected to transverse and in-plane shear stress states (2020)
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Wan, L., Ismail, Y., Zhu, C., Zhu, P., Sheng, Y., Liu, J., & Yang, D. (2020). Computational micromechanics-based prediction of the failure of unidirectional composite lamina subjected to transverse and in-plane shear stress states. Journal of Composite Materials, 54(24), 3637-3654. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320918015

This paper presents a micromechanics-based 3D finite element model for predicting the damage initiation, propagation, and failure strength of TC33/Epoxy carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) unidirectional lamina under biaxial loadings. The finite e... Read More about Computational micromechanics-based prediction of the failure of unidirectional composite lamina subjected to transverse and in-plane shear stress states.

3D particle models for composite laminates with anisotropic elasticity (2018)
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Wan, L., Yang, D., Ismail, Y., & Sheng, Y. (2018). 3D particle models for composite laminates with anisotropic elasticity. Composites. Part B, Engineering, 149, 110-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.05.022

This paper presents an assessment of three different particle based approaches for 3D modelling of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates with anisotropic elasticity, namely 3D Discrete Lattice model, 3D Hexagonal Close Packing model and... Read More about 3D particle models for composite laminates with anisotropic elasticity.