Publications

Ehshan Ul-Haq, Clemens Dransfeld, Baris Caglar (2027). Through-thickness inductive imaging for monitoring of features in thin-ply CFRP unidirectional tapes. Composites Part B: Engineering.

Ujala Farooq, Dong Quan, Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2026). Tailoring Interphase Architecture for Toughened Epoxy Systems Using Multilayer Poly(ether imide) Films. ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

Diwakar Singh, Ahmad Shakeel, Clemens Dransfeld (2026). Unravelling the microstructural organization of recycled thermoplastic composites made from unidirectional carbon fibre tapes through novel descriptors. Composites Science and Technology.

Jonas von Heusinger, Jonas Naumann, Yannis Grohmann, Mihai Fetecau, Daniel Stefaniak, Clemens Dransfeld (2026). Relevance of deconsolidation on the porosity of thermoplastic CFRP tubes wound with direct electrical resistance heating. 7th International Symposium on Automated Composite Manufacturing.

Dimitrios Apostolidis, Prajwal Jayaraman, Clemens Dransfeld, Baris Kumru, Niklas Lorenz (2026). Linking Process-Induced Degradation to Mechanical Property Deterioration in Flax Fiber--Reinforced Bio-Polymer Matrix Composites. Polymer Composites.

Onur Yuksel, Guillaume Broggi, Robin Hartley, Vincent K. Maes, Theo Baumard, Christophe Binetruy, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, Christian Breite, Clemens Dransfeld, Wouter Grouve, Silvia Gomarasca, Rui Guo, Adrien Le Reun, Arthur Levy, David May, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Andrea Miene, Lars Pilgaard Mikkelsen, Diwakar Singh, Yentl Swolfs, Elena Syerko, James Kratz, Baris Caglar (2026). Benchmarking and sensitivity analysis of segmentation methods for image-based fiber detection in composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Mohamad A. Raja, Clemens Dransfeld, Boyang Chen (2026). Autoregressive Modelling and Synthetic Generation of High-Fidelity, Statistically Equivalent 3D Microstructures for As-Manufactured Misalignments in Fiber-Reinforced Composites.

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W. Woigk, S. Patranabish, J. Hao, J. Rion, A. W. Van Vuure, Clemens Dransfeld, D. Hegemann, C. A. Fuentes, K. Masania (2026). Atmospheric pressure plasma enhances the mechanical properties of natural fibre-reinforced polyoxymethylene thermoplastic composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Benedikt Boos, Silvia Gomarasca, Ran Tao, Christoph Queck, Amin Hosseini, Clemens Dransfeld, Martin Gurka (2026). Acquisition of multi voxel size X-ray computed tomography and optical microscopy image datasets of a thermoplastic CFRP tape lol. Data in Brief.

C.B.G. Brito, Dr. Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld, I.F. Villegas (2025). Ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composites: A comparison between polyetheretherketone and low-melt polyaryletherketone as resin in the adherends and energy directors. Composites Part B: Engineering.

Antonia Rahn, Katrin Dahlmann, Florian Linke, Markus Kühlen, Benjamin Sprecher, Clemens Dransfeld, Gerko Wende (2025). Quantifying climate impacts of flight operations: A discrete-event life cycle assessment approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

A.X.H. Yong, A. Endruweit, A. George, D. May, Y.A. Aksoy, M.A. Ali, T. Allen, P. Baral, C. Betteridge, C. Brauner, BaricC, A. Chiminelli, D. Cracknell, L. Dame, J. Dittmann, Clemens Dransfeld, S. Drapier, J.A. García Manrique, E. Garrigou, A. Guilloux, P. Hubert, J. Ivens, J. Janzen, T. Khan, H. Kikuta, K. Kind, M. Laspalas, J. Lee, X. Liu, M. Lizaranzu, S.V. Lomov, K. Masania, V. Michaud, P. Middendorf, S. Miguel, J. Muñoz, S.S. Narayana, C.H. Park, G. Pedoto, A. Pisupati, D. Sayinbas, P. Sousa, M. Sozer, J. Staal, M. Steinhardt, H. Teixido, R. Umer, J.D. Vincent, V. Werlen, Onur Yuksel (2025). Towards standardisation of the out-of-plane permeability measurement for reinforcement textiles. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Silvia Gomarasca, D.M.J. Peeters, B. Atli-Veltin, T. Slange, G. Ratouit, Clemens Dransfeld (2025). Characterising pore networks and their interrelation with the fibre architecture in unidirectional composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Shichen Liu, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2025). Experimental Characterisation of Cure-Dependent Spring-Back Behaviour of Metal-Composite Laminates in a Hot-Pressing Process. Applied Composite Materials.

AXH Yong, A Endruweit, A George, D May, YA Aksoy, MA Ali, T Allen, Marcel Bender, M Bodaghi, B Caglar, Others (2025). Through-thickness compaction response of reinforcement fabrics: Development of a test standard. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Dimitrios Apostolidis, William E Dyer, Clemens Dransfeld, Baris Kumru (2025). Solution and precipitation based radical polymerization of renewable vinyl lactones in renewable solvents. RSC advances.

Silvia Gomarasca, Clemens Dransfeld, Daniel Peeters, B. Atli-Veltin, S. M. A. Hosseini, Benedikt Boos, Christoph Queck, Martin Gurka (2025). Assessment of the variability of unidirectional prepregs at multiple scales.

William E. Dyer, Pranshul Gupta, Clemens Dransfeld, Niklas Lorenz, Baris Kumru (2024). Formulating Brown Algae Derived Phloroglucinol-Based Epoxy Resin for High Performance Applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

Onur Yuksel, Robin Hartley, Guillaume Broggi, Vincent Maes, Silvia Gomarasca, T Baumard, Adrien Le Reun, Arthur Lévy, Clemens Dransfeld, Dr. Baris Caglar, James Kratz (2024). Microstructural analysis of unidirectional composites: a comparison of data reduction schemes. 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21).

Antonia Rahn, Melissa Schuch, Kai Wicke, Benjamin Sprecher, Clemens Dransfeld, Gerko Wende (2024). Beyond flight operations: Assessing the environmental impact of aircraft maintenance through life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production.

Filipp Köhler, Irene Fernandez Villegas, Clemens Dransfeld, Axel Herrmann (2024). On the Influence of Welding Parameters and Their Interdependence During Robotic Continuous Ultrasonic Welding of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics. Materials.

Shichen Liu, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2024). Hot-pressing of uncured metal-composite laminates: A numerical study on simultaneous deformation. 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21).

B. Kumru, Clemens Dransfeld (2024). Green production of sustainable polylactones.

Ehshan ul-Haq, Marie Hondekyn, Onur Yuksel, Clemens Dransfeld, Dr. Baris Caglar (2024). Friction Dynamics In Mechanical Bar Spreading For Unidirectional Thin-Ply Carbon Fiber: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials. Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials.

Ujala Farooq, Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2024). Controlling Dual Scale Morphologies Of Epoxy And Poly (Etherimide) Towards Improved Interlayer Toughening Of Composites. 21st European Conference on Composite Materials.

William E. Dyer, Henk Schut, Clemens Dransfeld, Baris Kumru (2024). Bio-Based Epoxies: Mechanical Properties And Free Volume Perspectives.. 21st European Conference on Composite Materials.

Dimitrios Apostolidis, William E. Dyer, Clemens Dransfeld, Dr. Baris Kumru (2024). An algae-derived partially renewable epoxy resin formulation for glass fibre-reinforced sustainable polymer composites. RSC Applied Polymers.

Vincent Werlen, Christian Rytka, Clemens Dransfeld, Christian Brauner, Véronique Michaud (2024). A multiscale consolidation model for press molding of hybrid textiles into complex geometries. Polymer Composites.

Ujala Farooq, Ekaterina Sakarinen, Julie Teuwen, René Alderliesten, Clemens Dransfeld (2023). Synergistic Toughening of Epoxy through Layered Poly(ether imide) with Dual-Scale Morphologies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Deniz Ezgi Gulmez, Jesus Maldonado, Kunal Masania, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2023). Quantification of structural response and edge orientation of Chopped Tape Thermoplastic Composites in net-shaped specimens. Composite Structures.

C. B. G. Brito, J. Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld, I. F. Villegas (2023). On improving process efficiency and weld quality in ultrasonic welding of misaligned thermoplastic composite adherends. Composite Structures.

Lucian Zweifel, Julian Kupski, Clemens Dransfeld, Dr. Baris Caglar, Stephan Baz, Damian Cessario, Götz T. Gresser, Christian Brauner (2023). Multiscale Characterisation of Staple Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymers. Journal of Composites Science.

Dong Quan, Jiaming Liu, Liaojun Yao, Clemens Dransfeld, René Alderliesten, Guoqun Zhao (2023). Interlaminar and intralaminar fracture resistance of recycled carbon fibre/PPS composites with tailored fibre/matrix adhesion. Composites Science and Technology.

Chizoba Ogugua, Sabin v. Anton, Aditya P. Tripathi, Miguel Dominguez Larrabeiti, Sean O. Van Hees, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2023). Energy analysis of autoclave CFRP manufacturing using thermodynamics based models. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Christophe Binetruy, Dr. Baris Caglar, Lode Daelemans, Clemens Dransfeld, Veronique Michaud (2023). ECCM Research Topic on Advanced Manufacturing of Composites. Frontiers in Materials.

Shichen Liu, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2023). A modified bias-extension test method for the characterisation of intra-ply shear deformability of hybrid metal-composite laminates. Composite Structures.

Vincent Werlen, Richard Vocke, Christian Brauner, Clemens Dransfeld, Véronique Michaud, Christian Rytka (2023). A model for the consolidation of hybrid textiles considering air entrapment, dissolution and diffusion. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

C. B. G. Brito, J. Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld, I. F. Villegas (2022). The effects of misaligned adherends on static ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Dong Quan, Ujala Farooq, Guoqun Zhao, Clemens Dransfeld, René Alderliesten (2022). Recycled carbon fibre mats for interlayer toughening of carbon fibre/epoxy composites. Materials & Design.

Vincent Werlen, Christian Rytka, Stephanie Wegmann, Halime Philipp, Yara Khalaf, Véronique Michaud, Christian Brauner, Clemens Dransfeld (2022). Novel tooling for direct melt impregnation of textile with variotherm injection moulding: Methodology and proof of concept. Journal of Composite Materials.

Lucian Zweifel, Christian Brauner, Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2022). In Situ Characterization of the Reaction-Diffusion Behavior during the Gradient Interphase Formation of Polyetherimide with a High-Temperature Epoxy System. Polymers.

Wojciech Szmyt, Carlos Guerra-Nuñez, Lukas Huber, Clemens Dransfeld, Ivo Utke (2022). Atomic Layer Deposition on Porous Substrates: From General Formulation to Fibrous Substrates and Scaling Laws. Chemistry of Materials.

Luigi Fazzi, Giacomo Struzziero, Clemens Dransfeld, Roger Michael Groves (2022). A single three-parameter tilted fibre Bragg grating sensor to monitor the thermosetting composite curing process. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science.

Ozan Celik, S. M. Amin Hosseini, Ismet Baran, Wouter J. B. Grouve, Remko Akkerman, Daniël M. J. Peeters, Dr. Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). The influence of inter-laminar thermal contact resistance on the cooling of material during laser assisted fiber placement. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

F. Köhler, I. F. Villegas, Clemens Dransfeld, A. Herrmann (2021). Static ultrasonic welding of carbon fibre unidirectional thermoplastic materials and the influence of heat generation and heat transfer. Journal of Composite Materials.

Nico Katuin, Daniël M. J. Peeters, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). Method for the Microstructural Characterisation of Unidirectional Composite Tapes. Journal of Composites Science.

A. X. H. Yong, A. Aktas, D. May, A. Endruweit, S. v. Lomov, S. Advani, P. Hubert, S. G. Abaimov, D. Abliz, I. Akhatov, M. A. Ali, S. Allaoui, T. Allen, D. C. Berg, S. Bickerton, Dr. Baris Caglar, P. Causse, A. Chiminelli, S. Comas-Cardona, M. Danzi, J. Dittmann, Clemens Dransfeld, P. Ermanni, E. Fauster, A. George, J. Gillibert, Q. Govignon, R. Graupner, V. Grishaev, A. Guilloux, M. A. Kabachi, A. Keller, K. Kind, D. Large, M. Laspalas, O. v. Lebedev, M. Lizaranzu, A. C. Long, C. López, K. Masania, V. Michaud, P. Middendorf, P. Mitschang, S. Van Oosterom, R. Schubnel, N. Sharp, P. Sousa, F. Trochu, R. Umer, J. Valette, J. H. Wang (2021). Experimental characterisation of textile compaction response: A benchmark exercise. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

A. Keller, R. Geissberger, J. Studer, F. Leone, D. Stefaniak, J. A. Pascoe, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2021). Experimental and numerical investigation of ply size effects of steel foil reinforced composites. Materials & Design.

Ujala Farooq, Sönke Heuer, Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). Effect of a Dwell Stage in the Cure Cycle on the Interphase Formation in a Poly(ether imide)/High Tg Epoxy System. ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

Ozan Celik, Abhas Choudhary, Daniël Peeters, Dr. Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). Deconsolidation of thermoplastic prepreg tapes during rapid laser heating. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Silvia Gomarasca, D. M. J. Peeters, B. Atli-Veltin, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). Characterising microstructural organisation in unidirectional composites. Composites Science and Technology.

Shichen Liu, Jos Sinke, Clemens Dransfeld (2021). An inter-ply friction model for thermoset based fibre metal laminate in a hot-pressing process. Composites Part B: Engineering.

Ujala Farooq, Dr. Julie Teuwen, Clemens Dransfeld (2020). Toughening of Epoxy Systems with Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN): A Review. Polymers (Basel).

Wojciech Szmyt, Carlos Guerra-Nuñez, Clemens Dransfeld, Ivo Utke (2020). Solving the inverse Knudsen problem: Gas diffusion in random fibrous media. Journal of Membrane Science.

D. Quan, R. Alderliesten, Clemens Dransfeld, I. Tsakoniatis, S. Teixeira De Freitas, G. Scarselli, N. Murphy, A. Ivanković, R. Benedictus (2020). Significantly enhanced structural integrity of adhesively bonded PPS and PEEK composite joints by rapidly UV-irradiating the substrates. Composites Science and Technology.

F. Schadt, M. Rueppel, C. Brauner, Y. Courvoisier, K. Masania, Clemens Dransfeld (2020). Non-linear bending compliance of thin ply composite beams by local compression flange buckling. Composite Structures.

Ozan Celik, Daniël Peeters, Clemens Dransfeld, Dr. Julie Teuwen (2020). Intimate contact development during laser assisted fiber placement: Microstructure and effect of process parameters. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

D. Quan, R. Alderliesten, Clemens Dransfeld, N. Murphy, A. Ivanković, R. Benedictus (2020). Enhancing the fracture toughness of carbon fibre/epoxy composites by interleaving hybrid meltable/non-meltable thermoplastic veils. Composite Structures.

D. Quan, R. Alderliesten, Clemens Dransfeld, I. Tsakoniatis, R. Benedictus (2020). Co-cure joining of epoxy composites with rapidly UV-irradiated PEEK and PPS composites to achieve high structural integrity. Composite Structures.

W. Woigk, C. A. Fuentes, J. Rion, D. Hegemann, A. W. Van Vuure, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2019). Interface properties and their effect on the mechanical performance of flax fibre thermoplastic composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Madeleine Grossman, Dmitriy Pivovarov, Florian Bouville, Clemens Dransfeld, Kunal Masania, André R. Studart (2019). Hierarchical Toughening of Nacre-Like Composites. Advanced Functional Materials.

W. Woigk, C. A. Fuentes, J. Rion, D. Hegemann, A. W. Van Vuure, E. Kramer, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2019). Fabrication of flax fibre-reinforced cellulose propionate thermoplastic composites. Composites Science and Technology.

Marion Frey, Meri Zirkelbach, Clemens Dransfeld, Eric Faude, Etienne Trachsel, Mikael Hannus, Ingo Burgert, Tobias Keplinger (2019). Fabrication and Design of Wood-Based High-Performance Composites https://www.jove.com/video/60327. JoVE.

Julia Studer, Clemens Dransfeld, Jon Jauregui Cano, Andre Keller, Marianne Wink, Kunal Masania, Bodo Fiedler (2019). Effect of fabric architecture, compaction and permeability on through thickness thermoplastic melt impregnation. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

J. Cugnoni, R. Amacher, S. Kohler, J. Brunner, E. Kramer, Clemens Dransfeld, W. Smith, K. Scobbie, L. Sorensen, J. Botsis (2018). Towards aerospace grade thin-ply composites: Effect of ply thickness, fibre, matrix and interlayer toughening on strength and damage tolerance. Composites Science and Technology.

C. A. Fuentes, Y. Zhang, H. Guo, W. Woigk, K. Masania, Clemens Dransfeld, J. De Coninck, C. Dupont-Gillain, D. Seveno, A. W. Van Vuure (2018). Predicting the adhesion strength of thermoplastic/glass interfaces from wetting measurements. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

A. Andrés Leal, Olivia A. Neururer, Alex Bian, Ali Gooneie, Patrick Rupper, Kunal Masania, Clemens Dransfeld, Rudolf Hufenus (2018). Interfacial interactions in bicomponent polymer fibers. Polymer.

R. Geissberger, J. Maldonado, N. Bahamonde, A. Keller, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2017). Rheological modelling of thermoset composite processing. Composites Part B: Engineering.

Wojciech Szmyt, S. Vogel, A. Diaz, M. Holler, J. Gobrecht, M. Calame, Clemens Dransfeld (2017). Protective effect of ultrathin alumina film against diffusion of iron into carbon fiber during growth of carbon nanotubes for hierarchical composites investigated by ptychographic X-ray computed tomography. Carbon.

M. Rueppel, J. Rion, Clemens Dransfeld, C. Fischer, K. Masania (2017). Damping of carbon fibre and flax fibre angle-ply composite laminates. Composites Science and Technology.

A. Keller, H. M. Chong, A. C. Taylor, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2017). Core-shell rubber nanoparticle reinforcement and processing of high toughness fast-curing epoxy composites. Composites Science and Technology.

A. Keller, Clemens Dransfeld, A. C. Taylor, K. Masania, K. Ritter, S. Sprenger (2016). Cure kinetics of a fast cure epoxy with silica nanoparticles. JEC Composites Magazine.

J. Studer, Clemens Dransfeld, K. Masania (2016). An analytical model for B-stage joining and co-curing of carbon fibre epoxy composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

R. Amacher, W. Smith, Clemens Dransfeld, J. Botsis, J. Cugnoni (2015). Thin Ply: From Size-Effect Characterization to Real Life Design. Journal of Advanced Materials.

Maxime Roux, Nicolas Eguémann, Clemens Dransfeld, Frédéric Thiébaud, Dominique Perreux (2015). Thermoplastic carbon fibre-reinforced polymer recycling with electrodynamical fragmentation: From cradle to cradle. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials.

A. Keller, K. Masania, A. C. Taylor, Clemens Dransfeld (2015). Fast-curing epoxy polymers with silica nanoparticles: properties and rheo-kinetic modelling. Journal of Materials Science.