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Crack tip identification with long FBG sensors in mixed-mode delamination

John Botsis, Samuel Stutz, Daniel Sans Canovas

The uncertainty of the crack tip position inside composite coupons during a delamination test under variable fracture mode conditions reduces the accuracy of the experimental results. In this work a method is presented where the crack tip position is locat ...

2012

Monitoring of non-homogeneous strains in composites with embedded wavelength multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings: A methodological study

John Botsis, Samuel Stutz, Dragan Coric

For the detection of problems like fastening failures and delamination in composites, the employment of embedded fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is considered an effective tool to measure non-homogeneous internal strains near damage or interfaces of diss ...

2012

Crack - fiber sensor interaction and characterization of the bridging tractions in mode I delamination

Joël Cugnoni, John Botsis, Samuel Stutz

Fiber bridging is regularly encountered in model delamination tests of unidirectional fiber reinforced composites. However, characterization of the bridging tractions is rather difficult. One way to indirectly evaluate the bridging traction distribution is ...

2011

Studies of mode I delamination in monotonic and fatigue loading using FBG wavelength multiplexing and numerical analysis

Joël Cugnoni, John Botsis, Samuel Stutz

Bridging by intact fibers in composite materials is one of the most important toughening mechanisms. However, a direct experimental assessment of its contribution is not easy to achieve. In this work a semi-experimental method is proposed to quantify its c ...

2011

Experimental and Numerical Studies of Mode I and Mode II Delamination of Polymer Composites with Embedded Optical Sensors

Samuel Stutz

Over the past decades the use of composite materials has enormously increased, especially in the aeronautical, automotive, and energy production industries. These materials allow to build lighter and larger structures which are more efficient. However, by ...

EPFL2011

Influence of process pressure on local facesheet instability for ultralight sandwich structures

Yves Leterrier, Julien Rion, Samuel Stutz

The skin wrinkling phenomenon was investigated in the case of ultra-light sandwich structures with a honeycomb core manufactured by one-shot vacuum bag processing. The interplay between process pressure and compressive strength of the skin was established. ...

2009

Influence of process pressure on local facesheet instability for ultralight sandwich structures

Yves Leterrier, Julien Rion, Samuel Stutz

The skin wrinkling phenomenon was investigated in case of ultralight sandwich structures with honeycomb core manufactured by one shot vacuum bag processing. A relation between process pressure and compressive strength of the skin was established. ...

FEUP, Porto, Portugal2008