Hands-on Project Based Learning During Lockdown – Lessons learned and what does the future hold?

Conference Paper
Schuurman MJ, Rans CD
Proc. of the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum (SciTech 2022), San Diego, California, USA
2022

Mechanisms of fatigue crack initiation and propagation in auxetic meta-biomaterials

Journal Paper
Kolkena HMA, Fontecha Garciab A, Du Plessis A, Meynen C, Rans CD, Scheys L, Mirzaali MJ, Zadpoor AA
Acta Biomaterialia. 138:398-409
2022

Accuracy of strain measurement systems on a non-isotropic material and its uncertainty on finite element analysis

Journal Paper
Alessandro Baldassarre, Juan Ocampo, Marcias Martinez, Calvin Rans
The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 56 (2), 76-95
2021

The influence of grit blasting and UV/Ozone treatments on Ti-Ti adhesive bonds and their durability after sol-gel and primer application

Journal Paper
Laura A. Ardila-Rodríguez, Bart Boshuizen, Calvin Rans, Johannes A. Poulis
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, vol. 104, 2021
2021

Fatigue crack growth of butt welded joints subjected to mixed mode loading and overloading

Journal Paper
I. Shakeri, A.R. Shahani, C.D. Rans
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 241 (2021)
2021

Fatigue Behavior of Multi-Spot Welded Joints in Thermoplastic Composites

Supervised MSc Thesis
C.A. Meijerman
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2021

Parametric analysis of mechanical fastener disbond arrest features in bonded joints

Supervised MSc Thesis
Nathan van 't Hof
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2021

Mechanical Behaviour of PA2241FR used in Selective Laser Sintering

Supervised MSc Thesis
Tobias Haegens
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2021

Damage Tolerant Design for Additive Manufacturing: An experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of stretch dominated AlSi10Mg multiple load path specimens

Supervised MSc Thesis
Mark Hofwegen
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2021

Modelling the variability and the anisotropic behaviour of crack growth in slm ti-6al-4v

Journal Paper
R Jones, C Rans, AP Iliopoulos, JG Michopoulos, N Phan, D Peng
Materials 14 (6), 1400
2021

Fatigue performance of auxetic meta-biomaterials

Journal Paper
HMA Kolken, AF Garcia, A Du Plessis, C Rans, MJ Mirzaali, AA Zadpoor
Acta Biomaterialia 126, 511-523
2021

The dangers of single-lap shear testing in understanding polymer composite welded joints

Journal Paper
IF Villegas, C Rans
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 379 (2203), 20200296
2021

Effect of surface morphology on the Ti-Ti adhesive bond performance of Ti6Al4V parts fabricated by selective laser melting

Journal Paper
LA Ardila-Rodríguez, C Rans, JA Poulis
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, IN PRESS (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2021.102918)
2021

Remote Work is in my Blood: On Motivating First Year Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conference Paper
Rans CD, Teuwen JJE
Proc. 49th SEFI Conference, Berlin, Germany
2021

Learning from Nature's Failures: Mimicking hierarchy in natural structures to create damage-tolerant lattice structures

Supervised MSc Thesis
Katharina Ertman
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2020

Thickness distribution optimization in flat panels for damage tolerance using genetic algorithms

Supervised MSc Thesis
Bart van der Lee
MSc Thesis, Dept. Aerospace Structures and Materials, Delft University of Technology
2020

Further studies into crack growth in additively manufactured materials

Journal Paper
Athanasios P Iliopoulos, Rhys Jones, John G Michopoulos, Nam Phan, Calvin Rans
Materials 2020, 13(10), 2223;
2020

Effect of residual stress redistribution and weld reinforcement geometry on fatigue crack growth of butt welded joints

Journal Paper
Amir Reza Shahani, Iman Shakeri, Calvin Rans
International Journal of Fatigue Volume 139, October 2020
2020

Teaching Aerospace Structures and Materials to the world – Analysis of the edX MOOC Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials

Conference Paper
Saunders, G.N., Rans, C.D., Teuwen, Julie J.E., Sinke, J., Alderliesten, R.C., van Valkenburg, W.F
Proc. of the 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum (SciTech 2020), Orlando, Florida, USA
2020

Fatigue crack growth of Al 5083-H111 subjected to mixed-mode loading

Journal Paper
Amir Reza Shahani, Iman Shakeri, Calvin David Rans
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 42, Article number: 442 (2020)
2020