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Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Investigate the Contribution of Design Variables to the Static Characteristics of Bistable Composite Laminates by Saberi, Saeid, Nasiri, Hamid, Ghorbani, Omid, Friswell, Michael I, Castro, Saullo G P

“…Material properties, geometrical dimensions, and environmental conditions can greatly influence the characteristics of bistable composite laminates. In the…”
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Experimental Nondestructive Test for Estimation of Buckling Load on Unstiffened Cylindrical Shells Using Vibration Correlation Technique by Castro, Saullo G. P., Skukis, Eduards, Ozolins, Olgerts, Arbelo, Mariano A., Kalnins, Kaspars, Degenhardt, Richard

“…Nondestructive methods, to calculate the buckling load of imperfection sensitive thin-walled structures, such as large-scale aerospace structures, are one of…”
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Lightweight Design of Variable-Stiffness Cylinders with Reduced Imperfection Sensitivity Enabled by Continuous Tow Shearing and Machine Learning by dos Santos, Rogério R., Castro, Saullo G. P.

“…The present study investigates how to apply continuous tow shearing (CTS) in a manufacturable design parameterization to obtain reduced imperfection…”
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Developing Equations for Free Vibration Parameters of Bistable Composite Plates Using Multi-Objective Genetic Programming by Saberi, Saeid, Hosseini, Alireza Sadat, Yazdanifar, Fatemeh, Castro, Saullo G P

“…For the last three decades, bistable composite laminates have gained publicity because of their outstanding features, including having two stable shapes and…”
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Bondline Thickness Effects on Damage Tolerance of Adhesive Joints Subjected to Localized Impact Damages: Application to Leading Edge of Wind Turbine Blades by Verma, Amrit Shankar, Vedvik, Nils Petter, Gao, Zhen, Castro, Saullo G P, Teuwen, Julie J E

“…The leading edges of wind turbine blades are adhesively bonded composite sections that are susceptible to impact loads during offshore installation. The impact…”
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Preliminary Propulsion and Power System Design of a Tandem-Wing Long-Range eVTOL Aircraft by Alba-Maestre, Javier, Prud’homme van Reine, Koen, Sinnige, Tomas, Castro, Saullo G. P.

“…Novel eVTOL aircraft configurations are picking up momentum in the emerging market of urban air mobility (UAM). These configurations feature electrical power…”
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Investigation of Buckling Behavior of Composite Shell Structures with Cutouts by Arbelo, Mariano A., Herrmann, Annemarie, Castro, Saullo G. P., Khakimova, Regina, Zimmermann, Rolf, Degenhardt, Richard

“…Thin-walled cylindrical composite shell structures can be applied in space applications, looking for lighter and cheaper launcher transport system. These…”
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Design and Manufacture of Conical Shell Structures Using Prepreg Laminates by Khakimova, Regina, Burau, Florian, Degenhardt, Richard, Siebert, Mark, Castro, Saullo G. P.

“…The design and manufacture of unstiffened composite conical structures is very challenging, as the variation of the fiber orientations, lay-up and the geometry…”
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The Influence of Geometrical Parameters on the Buckling Behavior of Conical Shell by the Single Perturbation Load Approach by Di Pasqua, Maria Francesca, Khakimova, Regina, Castro, Saullo G. P., Arbelo, Mariano A., Riccio, Aniello, Degenhardt, Richard

“…Since the development of the first theories to predict the buckling induced by axial compression in shells sensitive to imperfections, a significant…”
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Investigation on the Geometric Imperfections driven Local Buckling Onset in Composite Conical Shells by Di Pasqua, Maria Francesca, Khakimova, Regina, Castro, Saullo G. P., Arbelo, Mariano A., Riccio, Aniello, Raimondo, Antonio, Degenhardt, Richard

“…Buckling is a critical failure phenomenon for structures, and represents a threat for thin shells subjected to compressive forces. The global buckling load,…”
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Lightweight design of variable-angle filament-wound cylinders combining Kriging-based metamodels with particle swarm optimization by Wang, Zhihua, Almeida, José Humberto S., Ashok, Aravind, Wang, Zhonglai, Castro, Saullo G. P.

“…Variable-angle filament-wound (VAFW) cylinders are herein optimized for minimum mass under manufacturing constraints, and for various design loads. A design…”
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Future structural stability design for composite space and airframe structures by Degenhardt, Richard, Castro, Saullo G.P., Arbelo, Mariano A., Zimmerman, Rolf, Khakimova, Regina, Kling, Alexander

“…Space and aircraft industry demands for reduced development and operating costs. Structural weight reduction by exploitation of structural reserves in…”
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Assembly of semi-analytical models to address linear buckling and vibration of stiffened composite panels with debonding defect by Castro, Saullo G.P., Donadon, Maurício V.

“…The substitution of conventional mechanical fasteners by adhesive joints has been advocated by the aircraft and aerospace industries due to the weight saving…”
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Design for bird strike crashworthiness using a building block approach applied to the Flying-V aircraft by Chen, Sian Ying, van de Waerdt, Wydo, Castro, Saullo G.P.

“…The Flying-V aircraft concept promises better fuel-burn performance over conventional tube-and-wing configurations, integrating the passenger cabin and cargo…”
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Experimental and numerical estimation of buckling load on unstiffened cylindrical shells using a vibration correlation technique by Arbelo, Mariano A., Kalnins, Kaspars, Ozolins, Olgerts, Skukis, Eduards, Castro, Saullo G.P., Degenhardt, Richard

“…Nondestructive methods, to calculate the buckling load of imperfection sensitive thin-walled structures, are one of the most important techniques for the…”
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Linear buckling predictions of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones under various loading and boundary conditions using semi-analytical models by Castro, Saullo G.P., Mittelstedt, Christian, Monteiro, Francisco A.C., Arbelo, Mariano A., Ziegmann, Gerhard, Degenhardt, Richard

“…Semi-analytical models for the linear buckling analysis of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones with flexible boundary conditions are presented…”
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Evaluation of non-linear buckling loads of geometrically imperfect composite cylinders and cones with the Ritz method by Castro, Saullo G.P., Mittelstedt, Christian, Monteiro, Francisco A.C., Degenhardt, Richard, Ziegmann, Gerhard

“…A semi-analytical model to predict the non-linear behavior of unstiffened cylinders and cones considering initial geometric imperfections and various loads and…”
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Flutter of stiffened composite panels considering the stiffener’s base as a structural element by Castro, Saullo G.P., Guimarães, Thiago A.M., Rade, Domingos A., Donadon, Maurício V.

“…Flutter in aeronautical panels is a type of self-excited oscillation which can occur during supersonic flights. At the flutter point the vibrations of the…”
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The single perturbation load approach applied to imperfection sensitive conical composite structures by Khakimova, Regina, Warren, Christopher J., Zimmermann, Rolf, Castro, Saullo G.P., Arbelo, Mariano A., Degenhardt, Richard

“…The importance of taking into account geometric imperfections for cylindrical and conical thin-walled structures prone to buckling had been already recognized…”
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A semi-analytical approach for linear and non-linear analysis of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones under axial, torsion and pressure loads by Castro, Saullo G.P., Mittelstedt, Christian, Monteiro, Francisco A.C., Arbelo, Mariano A., Degenhardt, Richard, Ziegmann, Gerhard

“…A semi-analytical model for the non-linear analysis of simply supported, unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones using the Ritz method and the…”
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