Imperial College London
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Dr Soraia Pimenta

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Reader in Mechanics of Materials and Structures
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3784soraia.pimenta Website

 
 
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Location

 

521City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Finley:2018,
author = {Finley, JM and Henry, J and Pimenta, S and Shaffer, MSP},
pages = {2419--2425},
title = {The influence of variability and defects on the structural performance of discontinuous composites},
year = {2018}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Composite materials often feature defects, particularly for composites which feature a complex microstructure, such as aligned discontinuous composites. This study uses an accurate but efficient virtual testing framework, which was used to predict the influence of defects on the structural performance of both hybrid and nonhybrid aligned discontinuous composites. Fibre vacancy defects were found to cause the strongest reduction in material properties, while hybridisation was found to be an effective means to reduce the influence of defects on the structural response.
AU  - Finley,JM
AU  - Henry,J
AU  - Pimenta,S
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
EP  - 2425
PY  - 2018///
SP  - 2419
TI  - The influence of variability and defects on the structural performance of discontinuous composites
ER  -
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