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Zhongwei Guan

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

6

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165

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Scholarly Papers (6)

1.

Failure Mechanisms in 3d Printed Short Fibre Reinforced Composites Subjected to Dynamic Loading

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Jan 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Imperial College London, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Imperial College London and Khalifa University
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composite materials, 3D printing, Strain-rate effect, Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Optical microscopy (OM)

2.

Energy-Absorbing Characteristics of Lotus Stem Inspired Composite Tubes

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Feb 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Queen Mary University of London, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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A. Layered structures, B. Fracture Composites, D. Mechanical testing, E. Assembly

3.

​Scaling effects in the crashworthiness of carbon fibre composite thin-walled structures

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Oct 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Khalifa University
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fibre reinforced composites, scaling effect, crush behaviour, failure modes, Energy absorption

4.

Transverse impact response of lotus stem-inspired composite tubes

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Feb 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Khalifa University and Dongguan University of Technology
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Transverse impact, Cellular composite tube, failure mechanisms, Finite element analysis

5.

Geometrical Effects in the Crush Behaviour of Lotus Stem-Inspired Composite Tubes

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Khalifa University
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Composite, crashworthiness, Failure mechanisms, Finite element analysis, Parametric analysis

6.

Residual crashworthiness of lotus stem-inspired composite tubes with transverse impact damage: Experimental and numerical study

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Apr 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Khalifa University
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Residual crashworthiness, Impact behaviour, Failure mechanisms, Finite element analysis