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Mostapha Tarfaoui is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Technologies of Brittany in France. Their research activity spans various areas within engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on mechanical behavior and innovations in composite materials.

Tarfaoui has contributed to several papers in recent years, including:

  • "A review on the technologies, design considerations and numerical models of tidal current turbines" (2020) published in Renewable Energy
  • "The Effect of Agglomeration on the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Matrix Nanocomposites Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes" (2022) published in Polymers
  • "An Overview of the Recent Advances in Composite Materials and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrogen Storage Vessels Design" (2023) published in Journal of Composites Science
  • "3D Printing to Support the Shortage in Personal Protective Equipment Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020) published in Materials
  • "A progressive damage model for pressurized filament-wound hybrid composite pipe under low-velocity impact" (2021) published in Composite Structures

The scientist's work intersects several main topics and subfields, including:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Smart Materials for Construction
  • Wind Energy Research and Development
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

The primary fields of study related to their research are:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

More specific subfields within these domains include:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Mostapha Tarfaoui collaborates frequently with several co-authors, illustrating a broad network of research partnerships. Some of the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Mourad Nachtane
  • Yumna Qureshi
  • Khalid Lafdi
  • Marwane Rouway
  • Manel Chihi

The scientist regularly publishes in several academic venues, with a concentration in journals focused on composite materials and manufacturing technologies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Composites Science
  • Materials Today Proceedings
  • Journal of Composite Materials
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Wind Engineering

Best Publications

  • Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes based polymer composites

    M. Tarfaoui;K. Lafdi;A. El Moumen

  • Additive manufacturing of polymer composites: Processing and modeling approaches

    A. El Moumen;Mostapha Tarfaoui;Khalid Lafdi

  • Damage development in thick composite tubes under impact loading and influence on implosion pressure: experimental observations

    P.B. Gning;M. Tarfaoui;F. Collombet;L. Riou

  • A review on the technologies, design considerations and numerical models of tidal current turbines

    Mourad Nachtane;Mostapha Tarfaoui;Ibrahim Goda;Marwane Rouway

  • An Overview of the Recent Advances in Composite Materials and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrogen Storage Vessels Design

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  • Modelling of the temperature and residual stress fields during 3D printing of polymer composites

    A. El Moumen;Mostapha Tarfaoui;Khalid Lafdi

  • Effect of fibre orientation on mechanical properties of the laminated polymer composites subjected to out-of-plane high strain rate compressive loadings

    M. Tarfaoui;S. Choukri;A. Neme

  • Progressive damage modeling in carbon fibers/carbon nanotubes reinforced polymer composites

    M. Tarfaoui;A. El Moumen;Khalid Lafdi

  • Mechanical behavior and damage kinetics of woven E-glass/vinylester laminate composites under high strain rate dynamic compressive loading: Experimental and numerical investigation

    Jamal Arbaoui;Mostapha Tarfaoui;Aboulghit El Malki Alaoui

  • 3D printing to support the shortage in personal protective equipment caused by COVID-19 pandemic

    Mostapha Tarfaoui;Mourad Nachtane;Ibrahim Goda;Yumna Qureshi

  • A progressive damage model for pressurized filament-wound hybrid composite pipe under low-velocity impact

    Ammar Maziz;Mostapha Tarfaoui;Lokman Gemi;Said Rechak

  • Dynamic response and damage modeling of glass/epoxy tubular structures: Numerical investigation

    M. Tarfaoui;P.B. Gning;L. Hamitouche

  • Mechanical characterization of carbon nanotubes based polymer composites using indentation tests

    A. El Moumen;M. Tarfaoui;Khalid Lafdi

  • An interface debonding law subject to viscous regularization for avoiding instability: Application to the delamination problems

    Lofti Hamitouche;Mostapha Tarfaoui;A. Vautrin

  • Dynamic properties of carbon nanotubes reinforced carbon fibers/epoxy textile composites under low velocity impact

    A. El Moumen;M. Tarfaoui;Khalid Lafdi;H. Benyahia

  • Scale and Size Effects on Dynamic Response and Damage of Glass/Epoxy Tubular Structures

    Mostapha Tarfaoui;Papa-Birame Gning;Peter Davies;Francis Collombet

  • FDM technology and the effect of printing parameters on the tensile strength of ABS parts

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  • Prediction of Damage in Composite Cylinders After Impact

    P. B. Gning;M. Tarfaoui;F. Collombet;P. Davies

  • An investigation of hygrothermal aging effects on high strain rate behaviour of adhesively bonded composite joints

    M. Nachtane;M. Tarfaoui;S. Sassi;A. El Moumen

  • Damage detection versus heat dissipation in E-glass/Epoxy laminated composites under dynamic compression at high strain rate

    M. Tarfaoui;A. El Moumen;H. Ben Yahia

  • Energy dissipation of stitched and unstitched woven composite materials during dynamic compression test

    M. Tarfaoui;M. Nachtane;A. El Moumen

  • Experimental Study and Numerical Modelling of Low Velocity Impact on Laminated Composite Reinforced with Thin Film Made of Carbon Nanotubes

    A. El Moumen;M. Tarfaoui;O. Hassoon;Khalid Lafdi

  • Computational Homogenization of Mechanical Properties for Laminate Composites Reinforced with Thin Film Made of Carbon Nanotubes

    A. El Moumen;M. Tarfaoui;Khalid Lafdi

Frequent Co-Authors

Khalid Lafdi
Khalid Lafdi Northumbria University
A. El Moumen
A. El Moumen University of Lille
Peter Davies
Peter Davies French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
R.A. Shenoi
R.A. Shenoi University of Southampton
Stephanie Reich
Stephanie Reich Freie Universität Berlin

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