M.A. Bessa
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A micromechanics framework for modelling the longitudinal failure of unidirectional fibre composites, in both tension and compression, is presented. Appropriate constitutive models are used for the different constituents (i.e., fibre and matrix) and interfaces. An algorithm fo ...
Bayesian Machine Learning in metamaterial design
Fragile becomes supercompressible
Designing future-proof materials goes beyond a quest for the best. The next generation of materials needs to be adaptive, multipurpose, and tunable. This is not possible by following the traditional experimentally guided trial-and-error process, as this limits the search for u ...
To simplify the analysis and characterisation of composite laminates, an invariant-based approach to stiffness that takes the trace of the plane stress stiffness matrix as a material property was recently proposed. In the present work, a study based on micro-mechanical models ...
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are attracting growing attention in industry because of their enhanced properties. Preforming of thermoset carbon fiber prepregs is one of the most common production techniques of CFRPs. To simulate preforming, several computational met ...
Plasticity theory aims at describing the yield loci and work hardening of a material under general deformation states. Most of its complexity arises from the nontrivial dependence of the yield loci on the complete strain history of a material and its microstructure. This motiv ...
A data-driven computational framework combining Bayesian regression for imperfection-sensitive quantities of interest, uncertainty quantification and multi-objective optimization is developed for the design of complex structures. The framework is used to design ultra-thin carb ...