Manufacturable insight into modelling and design considerations in fibre-steered composite laminates: State of the art and perspective

BS Aragh, EB Farahani, BX Xu, H Ghasemnejad… - Computer Methods in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advent of novel robot-assisted composite manufacturing techniques has enabled
steering of fibre paths in the plane of the lamina, leading to the emergence of the so-called …

Recent developments in manufacturing, mechanics, and design optimization of variable stiffness composites

D Punera, P Mukherjee - Journal of Reinforced Plastics and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The functional advantages of tailored stiffness, often seen in nature, are also utilized in
composite structures. Advancements in the multiaxis tow placement and automated fiber …

Geometrically nonlinear analysis and vibration of in-plane-loaded variable angle tow composite plates and shells

A Pagani, R Azzara, E Carrera - Acta Mechanica, 2023 - Springer
This work intends to present a novel numerical approach for studying the vibration
behaviours of variable angle tow (VAT) composite structures in their quasi-static nonlinear …

[图书][B] Carbon nanotubes: reinforced metal matrix composites

A Nieto, A Agarwal, D Lahiri, A Bisht, SR Bakshi - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT) three decades ago ushered in the technological
era of nanotechnology. Among the most widely studied areas of CNT research is their use …

Free vibration analysis of laminated doubly-curved shells with arbitrary material orientation distribution employing higher order theories and differential quadrature …

F Tornabene, M Viscoti, R Dimitri - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, the dynamic behaviour of laminated anisotropic doubly-curved shells
characterized by a generalized distribution of the material orientation angle is investigated …

Higher order theories for the modal analysis of anisotropic doubly-curved shells with a three-dimensional variation of the material properties

F Tornabene, M Viscoti, R Dimitri - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The manuscript investigates the dynamic properties of doubly-curved shell structures
laminated with innovative materials employing the Generalized Differential Quadrature …

Equivalent single layer higher order theory based on a weak formulation for the dynamic analysis of anisotropic doubly-curved shells with arbitrary geometry and …

F Tornabene, M Viscoti, R Dimitri - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work a novel approach is presented for the modal analysis of shells with
arbitrary geometry, general boundary conditions and variable thickness. The Equivalent …

Accurate stress analysis of variable angle tow shells by high-order equivalent-single-layer and layer-wise finite element models

AR Sánchez-Majano, R Azzara, A Pagani, E Carrera - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
New concepts of lightweight components are conceived nowadays thanks to the advances
in the manufacture of composite structures. For instance, mature technologies such as …

[HTML][HTML] Stochastic stress analysis and failure onset of variable angle tow laminates affected by spatial fibre variations

A Pagani, AR Sanchez-Majano - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2021 - Elsevier
The usage of printed composites in the aerospace industry has been steadily increasing
over the last years. Especially, 3D printers and automatic fibre placement machines have …

[HTML][HTML] A mechanical analysis of variable angle-tow composite plates through variable kinematics models based on Carrera's unified formulation

DA Iannotta, G Giunta, M Montemurro - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Variable Angle-Tow (VAT) laminates offer a promising alternative to straight fiber
composites. By varying fibers orientation within the structure plane, ambitious design and …