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

 
 
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521City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Citation

BibTex format

@article{Alves:2020:10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105826,
author = {Alves, M and Carlstedt, D and Ohlsson, F and Asp, LE and Pimenta, S},
doi = {10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105826},
journal = {Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing},
pages = {1--12},
title = {Ultra-strong and stiff randomly-oriented discontinuous composites: closing the gap to quasi-isotropic continuous-fibre laminates},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105826},
volume = {132},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Conventional randomly-oriented Tow Based Discontinues Composites (TBDCs) are materials which combine good mechanical properties, lightweight and high manufacturability, and are therefore interesting for high-volume transport industries. This paper proposes, designs and successfully demonstrates a pathway to produce TBDCs with outstanding stiffness and tensile strength, by using ultra-thin tapes of (ultra-) high modulus carbon-fibres. Numerical models are used to explore the design space of discontinuous composite materials, in order to identify the optimal microstructural design to maximise stiffness and strength. Selected microstructures are manufactured and tested under tension; the experimental results show good agreement with the numerical predictions, and demonstrate a significant increase in the tensile strength and Young’s modulus of TBDCs by reducing the tow thickness and increasing the modulus of the fibres. Strength and stiffness increases of over 100% compared with the commercially available TBDC systems are achieved, resulting in mechanical properties that match the strength and overcome the stiffness of aerospace-graded continuous-fibre laminates.
AU  - Alves,M
AU  - Carlstedt,D
AU  - Ohlsson,F
AU  - Asp,LE
AU  - Pimenta,S
DO  - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105826
EP  - 12
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1359-835X
SP  - 1
TI  - Ultra-strong and stiff randomly-oriented discontinuous composites: closing the gap to quasi-isotropic continuous-fibre laminates
T2  - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105826
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359835X20300646?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77025
VL  - 132
ER  -
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