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Bosch Collell, Aniol; Champion, Pauline; Tarrés Farrés, Joaquim Agustí; Delgado Aguilar, Marc; Guerra, Antonio Jesús; Ciurana, Quim de (2026-01)
Polymeric stents represent a promising alternative to metal-based drug-eluting stents, offering advantages in biocompatibility, reduced vessel trauma, and potential device customization through additive manufacturing ...
Agha Bagloo, Mehdi; Carreras Blasco, Laura; Prasad, Manish; Codina Le Boudal, Alba; Marta Baena (2025-10-06)
With the emergence and diversity of various strengthening methods in fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthened reinforced concrete (RC), understanding and comparing the bond behaviour and active bond mechanisms of these ...
Agha Bagloo, Mehdi; Carreras Blasco, Laura; Barris Peña, Cristina; Codina Le Boudal, Alba; Baena Muñoz, Marta (2025-12)
Structural repair and strengthening have always been challenging tasks in construction. One of the most commonly applied techniques for Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures is the Externally Bonded Reinforcement (EBR). ...
Cózar, Ivan R.; Massaguer Colomer, Albert; Massaguer Colomer, Eduard; Cabot, Andreu; Pujol i Sagaró, Toni (2023-11-01)
A methodology to determine the most influential independent input variables on the maximum power generation of an automotive thermoelectric generator is developed. A validated numerical model is used to predict the maximum ...
Subramani, Anbazhagan; Maimí Vert, Pere; Cugnoni, Joël; Amacher, Robin; Costa i Balanzat, Josep (2025-09-29)
Attempts to achieve pseudo-ductility in quasi-isotropic (QI) thin-ply laminates have traditionally relied on stacking [LE/HE/LE] sublaminates, with LE representing low-elongation and HE high-elongation. However, the increase ...
Turan, Ecem; Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Lomov, Stepan V.; Sabuncuoglu, Baris (info:eu-re)
Fiber/matrix interface stresses and micro-scale stress concentrations (SCs) under transverse loading were analyzed for hybrid composites, reinforced with glass and carbon fibers. A finite element model was implemented using ...
Charia, Oumaima; Rajani, Hayat; Ferrer Real, Inés; Domingo-Espin, Miquel; Grácias, Nuno Ricardo Estrela (2025-02-25)
Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, has gained significant traction across various industries due to its versatility and customization potential. However, the process remains time-consuming, with ...
López Tobi, Iho; Comamala Laguna, Martí; Montoro Moreno, Lino; González Castro, Josep R.; Czarnigowski, Jacek; Gómez, Arantzazu (2024-12-30)
Energy consumption in aviation is steadily increasing, requiring new technological solutions to reduce emissions and enhance sustainability. To address energy and emission challenges, researchers are exploring thermoelectric ...
Sasikumar, Aravind; Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Quintanas Corominas, Adrià; Costa i Balanzat, Josep (2021-11-01)
Hybrid bolted joints, where carbon fiber reinforced polymers and metallic plates are clamped using bolts, are widely used in aircraft structures. During operation, aircraft experience extreme temperatures that can adversely ...
Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Sasikumar, Aravind; Llobet Vallejo, Jordi; Costa i Balanzat, Josep (2022-01-21)
En las últimas décadas, la industria aeronáutica ha aumentado el uso de materiales compuestos de matriz Polímero Reforzados con Fibra de Carbono (CFRP), y a su vez, ha mantenido el uso de metales convencionales. Esto ha ...
Sasikumar, Aravind; Trias Mansilla, Daniel; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Blanco Villaverde, Norbert; Orr, Jessica; Linde, Peter (2019-05-01)
Recent research has been devoted to thin laminates as a result of aeronautic industries shifting to thinner and lighter structures. In an attempt to improve the out-of-plane response and reduce manufacturing costs considerably, ...
Ciurana, Quim de; Garcia-Romeu, Maria Luisa; Ferrer Real, Inés; Casadesús Fa, Martí (2008-08-01)
The goal of process planning is to propose the routing of a previously designed part and results in a sequence of operations and their parameters. It concerns and requires detailed information about the process. The goal ...
Dorf, Tomasz; Perkowska, Katarzyna; Janiszewska, Magdalena; Ferrer Real, Inés; Ciurana, Quim de (2018-09)
Ultrasonic micro-moulding technology was used to process high performance polymer polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) due to investigate mechanical and chemical characteristics of manufacturing parts. Both the processing window and ...
Sasikumar, Aravind; García Rodríguez, Santiago; Arbeláez Toro, Juan José; Trias Mansilla, Daniel; Costa i Balanzat, Josep (2020-04-15)
Out-of-plane loads induce unsymmetrical damage modes in the laminate thickness direction. Consequently, the authors have recently proposed overcoming the conventional laminate symmetry constraint by designing unsymmetrical ...
Tavares, Rodrigo Paiva; Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Otero, Fermin; Turon Travesa, Albert; Mayugo Majó, Joan Andreu; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Camanho, Pedro Manuel Ponces Rodrigues de Castro (2019-01)
An in-depth analysis of the stress fields that surround a broken fibre in fibre reinforced composites is performed and the effects of different material properties are analysed. The stress fields obtained using a spring ...
Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Mayugo Majó, Joan Andreu; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Turon Travesa, Albert (2018-04)
This paper presents a three-dimensional Progressive Failure Model based on the chain of bundles able to represent the stiffness loss in unidirectional composite materials loaded in the fibre direction. A representative ...
Sasikumar, Aravind; Trias Mansilla, Daniel; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Singery, Vicky; Linde, Peter (2019-07)
With aeronautic industries focussing on thinner structures and reducing manufacturing costs, recent research has been dedicated to the impact and post impact response of thin laminates (<2 mm) made of textile fabric ...
Breite, Christian; Melnikov, Alexander; Turon Travesa, Albert; Morais, Alfredo Balacó de; Le Bourlot, Christophe; Maire, Eric; Schöberl, Erich; Otero, Fermin; Mesquita, Francisco; Sinclair, Ian; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Mayugo Majó, Joan Andreu; Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Gorbatikh, Larissa; McCartney, Neil; Hajikazemi, Mohammad; Mehdikhani, Mahoor; Mavrogordato, Mark Noel; Camanho, Pedro Manuel Ponces Rodrigues de Castro; Tavares, Rodrigo Paiva; Spearing, S.M.; Lomov, Stepan V.; Pimenta, Soraia; Van Paepegem, Wim; Swolfs, Yentl (2021-12)
We performed in-situ tensile tests on two carbon fibre/epoxy composites with continuous scanning using synchrotron computed tomography (CT). Both composites were cross-ply laminates, and two specimens were tested for each ...
Guerrero Garcia, José Manuel; Mayugo Majó, Joan Andreu; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Turon Travesa, Albert (2021-01)
While fibre hybrid composites result in hybrid effects and improved ductility compared to non-hybrid laminates, it is unclear how material size influences hybrid properties (i.e. the so-called 'size effect'). This paper ...
Sasikumar, Aravind; Trias Mansilla, Daniel; Costa i Balanzat, Josep; Blanco Villaverde, Norbert; Orr, Jessica; Linde, Peter (2019-06)
There is a lack of research available on how thin laminates respond to impact and post impact loads, even though thin structures are used in present-day aircrafts. This experimental paper employs thick, standard and thin ...