Thesis Colloquium / Defence

Fiber Metal Laminates are materials that combine metal properties with Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) to improve mechanical performance. This research investigates the impact of core metal type and thickness on the tensile and impact behavior of FMLs. Initially two types of FML were modeled: GFML based on GFRP and HFML based on CFRP and GFRP. […]

Aluminium alloy AA2219 is a precipitation hardenable wrought alloy with copper as a major alloying element. Large-volume propellant tanks of space launch vehicles are manufactured by joining AA2219 aluminium alloy through Friction Stir Welding (FSW) and it is designed optimally to improve the payload capability.  An increase in the strength of the FSW joint results […]

The dynamic behavior of structural components over broad frequency ranges, particularly thick beams under different constraints, is important in many engineering applications where reduced dimensional modeling is required for design. Applications are aerospace structures, mechanical systems and civil infrastructure. The rigid cross-section assumption in Euler-Bernoulli and even third-order beam theories cannot accurately capture the effects […]