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W. Van Paepegem

W. Van Paepegem

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Materials Science

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54
Citations
9954
World Ranking
8944
National Ranking
107

Engineering and Technology

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55
Citations
10632
World Ranking
3021
National Ranking
39

Overview

W. Van Paepegem is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a substantive record of research output in the field of engineering, with a specialization in mechanics of materials. Their work extensively covers mechanical engineering disciplines and intersects with civil and structural engineering, polymers and plastics, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research has been published primarily in high-impact journals focusing on composite materials and engineering mechanics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Composites Science and Technology
  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Composite Structures
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Research topics frequently addressed in their publications highlight a specialization in:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Optical measurement and interference techniques

Their most recent papers reflect a focus on innovative material behavior and advanced characterization methods:

  • "Fast Dynamic Siloxane Exchange Mechanism for Reshapable Vitrimer Composites," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Dynamic Curing Agents for Amine-Hardened Epoxy Vitrimers with Short (Re)processing Times," 2020, Macromolecules
  • "Variational and Deep Learning Segmentation of Very-Low-Contrast X-ray Computed Tomography Images of Carbon/Epoxy Woven Composites," 2020, Materials
  • "On the prediction of the bi-axial failure envelope of a UD CFRP composite lamina using computational micromechanics: Effect of microscale parameters on macroscale stress-strain behavior," 2020, Composite Structures
  • "Adaptive spectral band integration in flash thermography: Enhanced defect detectability and quantification in composites," 2020, Composites Part B Engineering

Throughout their career, W. Van Paepegem has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Mathias Kersemans
  • Saeid Hedayatrasa
  • M. Hajikazemi
  • Ives De Baere
  • Lode Daelemans

Their body of work is characterized by investigations into composite materials and structural analysis, with a strong emphasis on both experimental and computational methods for understanding mechanical performance and damage detection. The combination of advanced imaging techniques and materials science principles is a recurrent theme in their research publications.

Best Publications

  • A new coupled approach of residual stiffness and strength for fatigue of fibre-reinforced composites

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Vinylogous Urea Vitrimers and Their Application in Fiber Reinforced Composites

    Wim Denissen;Ives De Baere;Wim Van Paepegem;Ludwik Leibler

  • Modelling the nonlinear shear stress-strain response of glass fibre- reinforced composites. Part I: Experimental results

    W. Van Paepegem;I. De Baere;J. Degrieck

  • Nanofibre bridging as a toughening mechanism in carbon/epoxy composite laminates interleaved with electrospun polyamide nanofibrous veils

    Lode Daelemans;Sam van der Heijden;Ives De Baere;Hubert Rahier

  • Determining the stress-strain behaviour at large strains from high strain rate tensile and shear experiments

    J. Peirs;P. Verleysen;W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Experimental set-up for and numerical modelling of bending fatigue experiments on plain woven glass/epoxy composites

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Experimental study on the axial crushing behaviour of pultruded composite tubes

    Sivakumar Palanivelu;Wim Van Paepegem;Joris Degrieck;Johan Van Ackeren

  • Finite element approach for modelling fatigue damage in fibre-reinforced composite materials

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck;P. De Baets

  • Experimental investigation of water impact on axisymmetric bodies

    G. De Backer;M. Vantorre;C. Beels;J. De Pré

  • Crushing and energy absorption performance of different geometrical shapes of small-scale glass/polyester composite tubes under quasi-static loading conditions

    Sivakumar Palanivelu;Wim Van Paepegem;Joris Degrieck;John Vantomme

  • Local damage in a 5-harness satin weave composite under static tension: Part I - Experimental analysis

    S Daggumati;I De Baere;W Van Paepegem;J Degrieck

  • Effects of Load Sequence and Block Loading on the Fatigue Response of Fiber-Reinforced Composites

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Adaptive finite element simulation of wear evolution in radial sliding bearings

    Ali Rezaei;Wim Van Paepegem;Patrick De Baets;Wouter Ost

  • Shape optimisation of a biaxially loaded cruciform specimen

    A. Makris;T. Vandenbergh;C. Ramault;D. Van Hemelrijck

  • Interlaminar toughening of resin transfer moulded glass fibre epoxy laminates by polycaprolactone electrospun nanofibres

    Sam van der Heijden;Lode Daelemans;Bert De Schoenmaker;Ives De Baere

  • Finite element simulation of the woven geometry and mechanical behaviour of a 3D woven dry fabric under tensile and shear loading using the digital element method

    Lode Daelemans;Jana Faes;Samir Allaoui;Gilles Hivet

  • Fatigue degradation modelling of plain woven glass/epoxy composites

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Local damage in a 5-harness satin weave composite under static tension: Part II - Meso-FE modelling

    S Daggumati;W Van Paepegem;J Degrieck;Jian Xu

  • Consistent application of periodic boundary conditions in implicit and explicit finite element simulations of damage in composites

    D. Garoz;F.A. Gilabert;R.D.B. Sevenois;S.W.F. Spronk

  • Coupled Residual Stiffness and Strength Model for Fatigue of Fibre-reinforced Composite Materials

    W. Van Paepegem;J. Degrieck

  • Effect of electrospun polyamide 6 nanofibres on the mechanical properties of a glass fibre/epoxy composite

    Bert De Schoenmaker;Sam Van der Heijden;Ives De Baere;Wim Van Paepegem

Frequent Co-Authors

Joris Degrieck
Joris Degrieck Ghent University
Anne Habraken
Anne Habraken University of Liège
Wilfried Philips
Wilfried Philips Ghent University
Veerle Cnudde
Veerle Cnudde Utrecht University
Gerald Nurick
Gerald Nurick University of Cape Town
Tomohiro Yokozeki
Tomohiro Yokozeki University of Tokyo
Pedro P. Camanho
Pedro P. Camanho University of Porto

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