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Low-velocity impact damage on dispersed stacking sequence laminates. Part II: Numerical simulations by Lopes, C.S., Camanho, P.P., Gürdal, Z., Maimí, P., González, E.V.

“…This paper is the follow-up on the previous work by the authors on the experimental evaluation of the impact damage resistance of laminates with dispersed…”
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Effects of ply clustering in laminated composite plates under low-velocity impact loading by González, E.V., Maimí, P., Camanho, P.P., Lopes, C.S., Blanco, N.

“…This paper presents a study of the effects of ply clustering on polymer-based laminated composite plates subjected to a drop-weight impact loading. The tools…”
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Surrogate models of the influence of the microstructure on the mechanical properties of closed- and open-cell foams by Marvi-Mashhadi, M., Lopes, C. S., LLorca, J.

“…The mechanical behavior of closed- and open-cell foams was analyzed using a computational homogenization strategy based on the finite element simulation of a…”
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Characterization of crack propagation in mode I delamination of multidirectional CFRP laminates by Sebaey, T.A., Blanco, N., Costa, J., Lopes, C.S.

“…During the experimental characterization of the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness of multidirectional composite laminates, the crack tends to migrate from…”
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Low-velocity impact damage on dispersed stacking sequence laminates. Part I: Experiments by Lopes, C.S., Seresta, O., Coquet, Y., Gürdal, Z., Camanho, P.P., Thuis, B.

“…The stacking sequence design of composite laminates is often limited to combinations of 0°, 90°, and ±45° fibre angle plies. Furthermore, in order to comply to…”
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Tailoring for strength of composite steered-fibre panels with cutouts by Lopes, C.S., Gürdal, Z., Camanho, P.P.

“…A large number of composite parts include cutouts to accommodate windows, doors, and bolted joints. These regions are hot-spots in terms of design because they…”
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Does access to healthy food vary according to socioeconomic status and to food store type? an ecologic study by Costa, B V L, Menezes, M C, Oliveira, C D L, Mingoti, S A, Jaime, P C, Caiaffa, W T, Lopes, A C S

“…The food environment can influence opportunities and barriers to food access. This study aimed to investigate whether access to healthy foods varies according…”
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Interface Characterization in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer–Matrix Composites by Naya, F., Molina-Aldareguía, J. M., Lopes, C. S., González, C., LLorca, J.

“…A novel methodology is presented and applied to measure the shear interface strength of fiber-reinforced polymers. The strategy is based in fiber push-in tests…”
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Complexity of lifetime occupation and cognitive performance in old age by CORREA RIBEIRO, P. C, LOPES, C. S, LOURENCO, R. A

“…Occupation is recognized as a modifiable factor related to cognitive reserve in older adults. To examine the association between levels of complexity in…”
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Multiscale Modeling of Composites: Toward Virtual Testing … and Beyond by LLorca, J., González, C., Molina-Aldareguía, J. M., Lópes, C. S.

“…Recent developments in the area of multiscale modeling of fiber-reinforced polymers are presented. The overall strategy takes advantage of the separation of…”
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Numerical investigation to prevent crack jumping in Double Cantilever Beam tests of multidirectional composite laminates by Sebaey, T.A., Blanco, N., Lopes, C.S., Costa, J.

“…► We analyse the effect of multidirectional interfaces in composite delaminations. ► Propagation of delamination in multidirectional interfaces is studied…”
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A Multi Material Shell Model for the Mechanical Analysis of Triaxial Braided Composites by García-Carpintero, A., Herráez, M., Xu, J., S. Lopes, C., González, C.

“…An efficient numerical methodology based on a multi material shell (MMS) approximation is proposed in this paper for the analysis of the mechanical behavior of…”
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Application of rhamnolipid surfactant for remediation of toxic metals of long- and short-term contamination sites by Lopes, C. S. C., Teixeira, D. B., Braz, B. F., Santelli, R. E., de Castilho, L. V. A., Gomez, J. G. C., P. V. Castro, R., Seldin, L., Freire, D. M. G.

“…A rhamnolipid extract from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was tested on soils from short- and long-term contamination sites. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed a…”
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Ant Colony Optimization for dispersed laminated composite panels under biaxial loading by Sebaey, T.A., Lopes, C.S., Blanco, N., Costa, J.

“…► The Ant Colony algorithm is implemented to optimize the stacking sequence of composite panels under biaxial loading. ► The optimum solutions of three…”
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Multiscale virtual testing: the roadmap to efficient design of composites for damage resistance and tolerance by Lopes, C. S., González, C., Falcó, O., Naya, F., LLorca, J., Tijs, B.

“…This paper proposes a novel approach to the determination of the mechanical behaviour of composite materials up to failure using numerical and experimental…”
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Imaging sub-diffuse optical properties of cancerous and normal skin tissue using machine learning-aided spatial frequency domain imaging by Stier, Andrew C, Goth, Will, Hurley, Aislinn, Brown, Treshayla, Feng, Xu, Zhang, Yao, Lopes, Fabiana C. P. S, Sebastian, Katherine R, Ren, Pengyu, Fox, Matthew C, Reichenberg, Jason S, Markey, Mia K, Tunnell, James W

“…Significance: Sub-diffuse optical properties may serve as useful cancer biomarkers, and wide-field heatmaps of these properties could aid physicians in…”
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Military hierarchy, job stress and mental health in peacetime by MARTINS, L. C. X, LOPES, C. S

“…Most studies of mental health in the armed forces focus primarily on post-traumatic stress disorders among military personnel in combat situations. To evaluate…”
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Determination of the Thermal Diffusivity of Plasmonic Nanofluids Containing PVP-Coated Ag Nanoparticles Using Mode-Mismatched Dual-Beam Thermal Lens Technique by Gómez, S. L., Turchiello, R. F., Lenart, V. M., Lopes, C. S.

“…Plasmonic nanofluids have found applications in many fields, for example, coolants, solar collectors, and theranostics agents. For such applications, an…”
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Use of flocculants for increasing permeate flux in anaerobic membrane bioreactors by DIAZ, H, AZOCAR, L, TORRES, A, LOPES, S. I. C, JEISON, D

“…Biomass retention, required for high rate anaerobic wastewater treatment, can be accomplished coupling an anaerobic bioreactor with membrane filtration…”
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Prognostic value of E-cadherin immunoexpression in patients with primary ovarian carcinomas by Faleiro-Rodrigues, C., Macedo-Pinto, I., Pereira, D., Lopes, C. S.

“…Purpose: To analyse the negative versus positive immunoexpression of E-cadherin in patients with primary ovarian carcinomas, and determine its significance in…”
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