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SUMMARY:Compressive failure of fibre composites with random waviness - Dr 
 Michael Sutcliffe\, CUED
DTSTART:20131025T130000Z
DTEND:20131025T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ms Helen Gardner
DESCRIPTION:Compressive failure of fibre composites is a critical mechanis
 m generally caused by plastic microbuckling. While the fundamentals of thi
 s mechanism are well established\, applying these ideas to real structures
  is not straightforward\, both because of the lack of data regarding fibre
  waviness present in such components and because it is unclear how to appl
 y the generally idealised models of waviness to the actual random waviness
  distributions present. This talk presents the results of an experimental 
 study of fibre waviness distributions in real components and a correspondi
 ng numerical study\, modelling the strength of components with random fibr
 e waviness. The effects of specimen size and free edges are highlighted.
LOCATION:Engineering Department - **LR4**
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