An Influence of Cross-Sectional Features on the Stability and Load-Carrying Capacity of Carbon-Epoxy Composite Structures

Patryk RÓŻYŁO; Kuba ROSŁANIEC

doi:10.2478/ama-2025-0049

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An Influence of Cross-Sectional Features on the Stability and Load-Carrying Capacity of Carbon-Epoxy Composite Structures

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

Volume 19 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)

By: Patryk RÓŻYŁO and Kuba ROSŁANIEC

Open Access

|Sep 2025

Abstract

The paper aims experimental-numerical approaches to the behaviour of the compressed thin-walled composite profiles with closed sections. For this, thin-walled composite profiles made of carbon-epoxy composite from the autoclave technique. It was to analyse the effect of cross-section shape on the stability and fracture of composite structures. This was covered through a universal testing machine, an optical deformation measurement system, acoustic emission method as well as a microscope. Numerical simulations were carried out using the finite element method (based on progressive failure analysis). The research follows the project from the National Science Centre in Poland, Reg. No. 2021/41/B/ST8/00148.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2025-0049 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5319 | Journal ISSN: 1898-4088

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Language: English

Page range: 426 - 433

Submitted on: Apr 8, 2025

Accepted on: Aug 27, 2025

Published on: Sep 30, 2025

Published by: Bialystok University of Technology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

numerical approach,

experimental study,

progressive failure analysis,

buckling,

fracture

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Biomechanics,

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Environmental engineering

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