Links
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To view the annual report of our researchgroep, please follow
this link (size 5.95MB, better dowload
it before opening). Here, you will also find a brief survey of the areas in which our
group conducts research.
If you want to view interesting sites about composites and compositetechnologie, click
here
Members of our sub-researchgroup (to be updated)
- To view the personal website of the persons, listed below, simply click on their picture. To contact them, click on their name.
Only the former members of 'Mechanics of Materials and Structures are added here. For the other colleagues of the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, please go to their website (icon top left of this page).
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Prof. dr. ir. Joris Degrieck
Mechanics of composite materials.
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Prof. dr. ir. Wim Van Paepegem
Prof. Wims research interests are :
- Damage models for fatigue behaviour of plain woven glass fabric/epoxy composites
- Variable-amplitude loading of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites
- Development of an efficient shell element for the simulation of fatigue damage in large composite structures
- Study of the fatigue behaviour of carbon/PPS thermoplastics
- Interaction of normal and shear stress in static loading of fibre-reinforced composites
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Prof. dr. ir. Patricia Verleysen
High velocity behaviour of materials and constructions.
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Ir. Subba Reddy Daggumati
Meso scale modelling in textile reinforced composites.
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Ir. Ebrahim Lamkanfi
Damage behaviour of composite materials under biaxial fatigue loading.
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Ir. Geert Luyckx
Integration of optical fibre sensors in engineering constructions for in-service monitoring.
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Ir. Sivakumar Palanivelu
Crushing of composite tubes.
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Ir. Jan Peirs
Dynamic shear behaviour of advanced metals.
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Ir. Ali Rezaei
Composite bearings.
Other interesting links
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- www.composites.ugent.be : interesting site to start from if you want to learn more about composites.
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- Website of the Polymer Science and Technology association, of which our researchgroup is a member.
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Web of Science : for literature study.
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- Ten Cate is the company behind a wide range of innovative technical textiles
and components, such as advanced composites, grass yarns, protective fabrics and geotextiles.
They also supply my with carbonfibre reinforced PPS.
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- If I promised you a file that was to big to mail, this is the place to be.
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Webmail for personel.