Imperial College London

ProfessorSilvestrePinho

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Aeronautics

Professor in the Mechanics of Composites
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5076silvestre.pinho Website

 
 
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Location

 

314City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Swolfs:2016,
author = {Swolfs, Y and Pinho, ST},
title = {Designing tougher microstructures by 3D printing of continuous fibre-reinforced composites},
year = {2016}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - The translaminar fracture toughness of composites is a crucial parameter for the damage tolerance of composite parts and the microstructure is known to affect this parameter. A finite element model was therefore developed that is capable of predicting the translaminar fracture toughness of a complex microstructure. This model revealed that interfaces between carbon and glass fibre composites can increase the translaminar fracture toughness. Compact tension tests on 3D printed samples confirmed this conclusion experimentally. These results open up new avenues for designing composite parts with improved damage tolerance by fibre-hybridisation.
AU - Swolfs,Y
AU - Pinho,ST
PY - 2016///
TI - Designing tougher microstructures by 3D printing of continuous fibre-reinforced composites
ER -