Dr. Mohamed Sahbi Loukil

Linköping University, Sweden

Email: Mohamed.loukil@liu.se

Qualifications

2009 Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

2007 M.Sc., National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, France

2003 B.Sc., Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia

Publications (Selected)

1. Hozić, D., Thore, C.J., Cameron, C., Loukil, M. A new method for simultaneous material and topology optimization of composite laminate structures using Hyperbolic Function Parametrization. Composite Structures, 2021, 276,114374.
2. Cameron, C.J., Larsson, J., Loukil, M.S., Murtagh, T., Wennhage, P. Bearing strength performance of mixed thin/thick-ply quasi-isotropic composite laminates. Composite Structures, 2021, 261,113312.
3. Pupurs, A., Loukil, M. S., Varna, J. Bending Stiffness of Damaged Cross-ply Laminates. Mechanics of Composites Materials, 2021, 57(1), 31-46.
4. Loukil M.S, Varna J. Effective shear modulus of a damaged ply in laminate stiffness analysis: determination and validation, Journal of Composite Materials, 2020, 54(9), pp. 1161-1176.
5. Loukil M.S, Varna J. Crack face sliding displacement (CSD) as in exact expressions for inplane elastic constants of symmetric damaged laminates, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 2020, 29(4), pp. 547-569.
6. Loukil M.S, Pupurs. A, Marklund. E, Mattsson. D. Micro-cracking in thin-ply laminates subjected to mechanical loading at low temperatures, Composite Science and Technology, under review, 2019.
7. Varna J, Loukil MS. Effective transverse modulus of a damaged layer: Potential for predicting symmetric laminate stiffness degradation, Journal of Composite Materials, 2017, Vol 51(14), pp.1945-1959.
8. Pupurs A, Varna J, Loukil M, Ben Kahla H, Mattsson D. Effective stiffness concept in bending modeling of laminates with damage in surface 90-layers, Composite: Part A, 2016, Vol 82, pp.244-252.
9. Loukil M.S, Varna J, Ayadi Z. Damage Characterization in Glass Fiber/Epoxy laminates using Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, Experimental Techniques, 2015, Vol 39(2), pp.38-45.
10. Loukil M.S, Ayadi Z, Varna J. ESPI analysis of crack face displacements in damaged laminates, Composite Science and Technology, 2014, Vol 94, pp.80-88.
11. Loukil M.S, Hussain W, Kirti A, Purpus A, Varna J. Thermo-elastic constants of symmetric laminates with cracks in 90-layer: application of simple models, Plastics, Rubber and Composites, 2013, Vol 42(4), pp.157-166.
12. Loukil M.S, Varna J, Ayadi Z. Applicability of solutions for periodic intralaminar crack distributions to non-uniformly damaged laminates, Journal of Composite Materials, 2013, Vol47(3), pp.287-301.
13. Loukil M.S, Varna J, Ayadi Z. Engineering expressions for thermo-elastic constants of laminates with high density of transverse cracks, Composite Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2013, Vol 48(1), pp.37-46.
14. Loukil M, Varna J. Characterization of damaged composite laminates using Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI), 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM17. Munich (Germany), June 26-30, 2016.
15. Varna J, Loukil M. Stiffness prediction of damaged laminates based on the concept of laminate effective stiffness. 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM17. Munich (Germany), June 26-30, 2016.
16. Pupurs A, Varna J, Loukil M, Mattsson D. Damage development and stiffness reduction in laminates in out-of-plane loading, 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM16, Seville (Spain), June 22-26, 2014.
17. Pupurs A, Loukil MS, Ahlqvist F, Mattsson D. Analysis of bending stiffness reduction in laminates due to transverse cracks and delaminations in surface layers, 20th International Conference on Composite Materials ICCM-20, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-25, 2015.
18. Strömberg K, Borgenvall S, Loukil M, Noharet B. et al., "Next Generation Manufacturing Fixtures: CFRP Structures Using “In Situ” Health Monitoring," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-2619, September 2015.
19. Zrida H, Loukil M.S, Varna J, Ayadi Z. Crack opening displacement determination in damaged cross-ply laminate using ESPI, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2012, No 012002.
20. Varna J, Loukil M.S, Ayadi Z. Degradation of elastic properties of non-uniformly damaged composite laminates, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2013,Vol 48, No 012009.