Alexander Safonov

TL;DR: In this paper, the application of pultruded profiles is increasing owing to their advantages, such as light weight, high strength, improved durability, corrosion resistance, ease of transportation, and low power consumption.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to optimize a topology of 3D continuous fiber-reinforced additively manufactured structures by using a dynamical system method to find density distribution, combined with the method for rotation of reinforcement direction to align it in the direction of principal stresses with local minimum compliance.

TL;DR: A review of computational modelling and simulation of pultrusion processes is presented in this paper, including such aspects as: resin flow and pressure distribution in a forming die; impregnation of reinforcing fibers; heat transfer and resin reaction; pulling force, stresses and strains development; methods for numerical optimization of the process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the existing gap between thermoset and thermoplastic pultrusions in order to promote the development of the latter one and identify current shortcomings and issues, and propose future research and application directions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of manufacturing defects of laminate composite materials on the first-ply failure load and ultimate strength of the laminate, which are calculated using finite element modelling with Zinoviev's damage model, were investigated.