Advances in fibre Bragg grating sensors for damage detection in composite laminates: application in quasi-static and fatigue delamination tests 

    Sans Canovas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2013-06-26)

    The use of composite materials in industrial applications such as aeronautical, aerospace or wind energy production has greatly increased in recent decades. Due to their inherent properties, these materials allow lighter, ...

    Assessment of virtual design and manufacturing techniques for fibre reinforced composite materials 

    Gascons i Tarrés, Marc (Date of defense: 2011-12-02)

    Virtual tools are commonly used nowadays to optimize product design and manufacturing process of fibre reinforced composite materials. The present work focuses on two areas of interest to forecast the part performance and ...

    Experimental characterization and numerical simulation of composite adhesive joints using the cohesive zone model approach 

    Sarrado Molina, Carlos (Date of defense: 2015-06-11)

    The present thesis aims at developing robust numerical and experimental methods for the simulation of composite adhesive joints. Firstly, a new method for the experimental characterization of adhesive joints is presented. ...

    Modelización constitutiva y computacional del daño y la fractura de materiales compuestos 

    Maimí Vert, Pere (Date of defense: 2007-04-27)

    En el trabajo se definen modelos constitutivos que permiten reproducir el proceso de fallo de estructuras de materiales compuestos en distintas escalas bajo cargas estáticas. <br/>Se define un modelo constitutivo para ...