Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Shreyas Anand, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Crashworthiness in preliminary design: Mean crushing force prediction for closed-section thin-walled metallic structures". International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2024. 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2024.104946
Alex Nedelcu, André Mendes Florindo, Sungi Han, Jaap Dekker, Maarten de Vlieger, Saullo G.P. Castro, Daniël Peeters. "The influence of tow tackiness on tow pull-up during the manufacturing of a composite pressure vessel". Manufacturing Letters, 2024. 10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.03.011
Sian Ying Chen, Wydo van de Waerdt, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Design for bird strike crashworthiness using a building block approach applied to the Flying-V aircraft". Heliyon 2023, 9. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14723
Eva T. B. Smeets, Calvin D. Rans, Saullo G. P. Castro, Irene F. Villegas. "To measure is to know: Evaluating indirect measurement techniques for observing the damage tolerance behaviour of spot welded thermoplastic composites". Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 2023, 8, 100152. 10.1016/j.jajp.2023.100152
Saeid Saberi, Hamid Nasiri, Omid Ghorbani, Michael I. Friswell, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Explainable artificial intelligence to investigate the contribution of design variables to the static characteristics of bistable composite laminates". Materials 2023, 16, 5381. 10.3390/ma16155381
Theodor D. Baciu, Richard Degenhardt, Felipe Franzoni, Adrian Gliszczynski, Mariano A. Arbelo, Saullo G. P. Castro, Kaspars Kalnins. "Sensitivity analysis for buckling characterisation using the vibration correlation technique". Thin-Walled Structures 2023, 183, 110329. 10.1016/j.tws.2022.110329
Rogério Rodrigues dos Santos, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Lightweight Design of Variable-Stiffness Cylinders with Reduced Imperfection Sensitivity Enabled by Continuous Tow Shearing and Machine Learning". Materials 2022, 15, 4117. 10.3390/ma15124117
Saeid Saberi, Alireza S. Hosseini, Fatemeh Yazdanifar, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Developing equations for free vibration parameters of bistable composite plates using multi-objective genetic programming". Polymers 2022, 14, 1559. 10.3390/polym14081559
Zhihua Wang, José Humberto S. Almeida Jr., Aravind Ashok, Zhonglai Wang, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Lightweight design of variable-angle filament-wound cylinders combining Kriging-based metamodels with particle swarm optimization". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2022. 10.1007/s00158-022-03227-8
Amrit Shankar Verma, Nils Petter Vedvik, Zhen Gao, Saullo GP Castro, Julie JE Teuwen. "Bondline Thickness Effects on Damage Tolerance of Adhesive Joints Subjected to Localized Impact Damages: Application to Leading Edge of Wind Turbine Blades". Materials, 2021. 10.3390/ma14247526
Javier Alba-Maestre, Koen Prud’homme van Reine, Tomas Sinnige, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Preliminary Propulsion and Power System Design of a Tandem-Wing Long-Range eVTOL Aircraft". Applied Sciences, 2021. 10.3390/app112311083
Rogério Rodrigues dos Santos, Tulio Gomes de Paula Machado, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Support vector machine applied to the optimal design of composite wing panels". Aerospace, 2021. 10.3390/aerospace8110328
José Humberto S. Almeida Jr., Luc St-Pierre, Zhihua Wang, Marcelo L. Ribeiro, Volnei Tita, Sandro C. Amico, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Design, modeling, optimization, manufacturing and testing of variable-angle filament-wound cylinders". Composites Part B, 2021. 10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109224
Saullo G. P. Castro, José Humberto S. Almeida Jr., Luc St-Pierre, Zhihua Wang. "Measuring geometric imperfections of variable–angle filament–wound cylinders with a simple digital image correlation setup". Composite Structures, 2021. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114497
Raphael Ummels, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Overlap-stiffened panels for optimized buckling performance under minimum steering radius constraints". Composites Part C, 2021. 10.1016/j.jcomc.2021.100174
Amrit Shankar Verma, Zhiyu Jiang, Marco Caboni, Hans Verhoef, Harald van der Mijle-Meijer, Saullo G.P. Castro, Julie J.E. Teuwen, "A probabilistic rainfall model to estimate the leading-edge lifetime of wind turbine blade coating system". Renewable Energy, 2021. 10.1016/j.renene.2021.06.122
Lander Vertonghen, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Modelling of fibre steered plates with coupled thickness variation from overlapping continuous tows". Composite Structures, Vol. 268, 2021. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113933
Amrit Shankar Verma, Zhiyu Jiang, Zhengru Ren, Marco Caboni, Hans Verhoef, Harald van der Mijle‐Meijer, Saullo G.P. Castro, Julie J.E. Teuwen. "A probabilistic long‐term framework for site‐specific erosion analysis of wind turbine blades: A case study of 31 Dutch sites". Wind Energy, 2021. 10.1002/we.2634
Saullo G. P. Castro, Eelco L. Jansen. "Displacement-based formulation of Koiter’s method: application to multi-modal post-buckling finite element analysis of plates". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 159, 2021. Download preprint (equations in better quality than paper version) 10.1016/j.tws.2020.107217
Zhihua Wang, José Humberto S. Almeida Jr., Luc St-Pierre, Zhonglai Wang, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Reliability-based buckling optimization with an accelerated Kriging metamodel for filament-wound variable angle tow composite cylinders". Composite Structures, Vol. 254, 2020. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112821
Jingmin Xia, Patrick E. Farrell, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Nonlinear bifurcation analysis of stiffener profiles via deflation techniques". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 149, 2020. 10.1016/j.tws.2020.106662
Amrit Shankar Verma, Saullo G. P. Castro, Zhiyu Jiang, Julie J. E. Teuwen. "Numerical investigation of rain droplet impact on offshore wind turbine blades under different rainfall conditions: A parametric study". Composite Structures, 2020 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112096
Rodrigo B. Maria, Marcus de F. Leal, Edgard Sousa Junior, Vinicius L. Lemos, Patrick M. Cardoso, Leonardo C. de Oliveira, Saullo G. P. Castro, Marcelo de L. Marcolin, Darshan Joshi. "Applications of SPDM in aircraft structural analysis at Embraer". Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences, Vol. 6, Article number: 12, 2019. 10.1186/s40323-019-0136-9
Saullo G. P. Castro, Mauricio V. Donadon, Thiago A. M. Guimarães. "ES-PIM applied to buckling of variable angle tow laminates". Composite Structures, Vol. 209, Pages 67-78, 2019. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.10.058
Thiago A. M. Guimarães, Saullo G. P. Castro, Domingos A. Rade, Carlos E. S. Cesnik. "Supersonic Flutter and Buckling Optimization of Tow Steered Composite Plates". AIAA Journal, Vol. 57 No. 1, Pages 397-407, January 2018. 10.2514/1.J057282
Odeny Dias de Matos Junior, Mauricio V. Donadon, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Aeroelastic Behavior of Stiffened Composite Laminated Panel with Embedded SMA Wire using the Hierarchical Rayleigh–Ritz Method". Composite Structures, Vol. 181, Pages 26-45, December, 2017. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.08.060
Regina Khakimova, Saullo G. P. Castro, Dirk Wilckens, Klaus Rohwer, Richard Degenhardt. "Buckling of axially compressed CFRP cylinders with and without additional lateral load: experimental and numerical investigation". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 119, Pages 178-189, October, 2017. 10.1016/j.tws.2017.06.002
Saullo G. P. Castro, Maurício V. Donadon. "Assembly of Semi-Analytical models to Address Linear Buckling and Vibration of Stiffened Composite Panels with Debonding Defect". Composite Structures, Vol. 160, Pages 232–247, January, 2017. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.026
Saullo G. P. Castro, Thiago A. M. Guimarães, Domingos A. Rade, Maurício V. Donadon. "Flutter of stiffened composite panels considering the stiffener’s base as a structural element". Composite Structures, Vol. 140, Pages 36-43, April 2016. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.12.056 Audio Slides
Maria Francensca Di Pasqua, Regina Khakimova, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Aniello Riccio, Antonio Raimondo Richard Degenhardt. "Investigation on the geometric imperfections driven local buckling onset in composite conical shells". Applied Composite Materials, Vol. 23, Issue 4, Pages 879-897, August 2016. 10.1007/s10443-016-9490-7
Regina Khakimova, Florian Burau, Richard Degenhardt, Mark Siebert, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Design and manufacture of conical shell structures using prepreg laminates". Applied Composite Materials, Vol. 23, Issue 3, Pages 289-312, June 2016. 10.1007/s10443-015-9461-4
Kaspars Kalnins, Mariano A. Arbelo, Olgerts Ozolins, Eduards Skukis, Saullo G. P. Castro, Richard Degenhardt. "Experimental non-destructive test for estimation of buckling load on unstiffened-cylindrical shells using vibration correlation technique". Shock and Vibration, Vol. 2015, Article ID 729684, 8 pages. 10.1155/2015/729684
Mariano A. Arbelo, Kaspars Kalnins, Olgerts Ozolins, Eduards Skukis, Saullo G. P. Castro, Richard Degenhardt. "Experimental and numerical estimation of buckling load on unstiffened cylindrical shells using a vibration correlation technique". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 94, Pages 273-279, September 2015. 10.1016/j.tws.2015.04.024
Saullo G. P. Castro, Christian Mittelstedt, Francisco A. C. Monteiro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt, Gerhard Ziegmann. "A semi-analytical approach for linear and non-linear analysis of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones under axial, torsion and pressure loads". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 90, Pages 61-73, May, 2015. 10.1016/j.tws.2015.01.002 Audio Slides
Saullo G. P. Castro, Christian Mittelstedt, Francisco A. C. Monteiro, Richard Degenhardt, Gerhard Ziegmann. "Evaluation of non-linear buckling loads of geometrically imperfect composite cylinders and cones with the Ritz method". Composite Structures, Vol. 122, Pages 284-299, April, 2015. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.11.050 Audio Slides
Mariano A. Arbelo, Annemarie Herrmann, Saullo G. P. Castro, Regina Khakimova, Rolf Zimmermann, Richard Degenhardt. "Investigation of buckling behavior of composite shell structures with cutouts". Applied Composite Materials, November, 2014. 10.1007/s10443-014-9428-x
Saullo G. P. Castro, Christian Mittelstedt, Francisco A. C. Monteiro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Gerhard Ziegmann, Richard Degenhardt. "Linear buckling predictions of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones under various loading and boundary conditions using semi-analytical models". Composite Structures, Vol. 118, Pages 303-315, December 2014. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.07.037 Audio Slides
Regina Khakimova, Christopher J. Warren, Rolf Zimmermann, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt. "The single perturbation load approach applied to imperfection sensitive conical composite structures". Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 84, Pages 369-377, November 2014. 10.1016/j.tws.2014.07.005
Maria Francesca Di Pasqua, Regina Khakimova, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Aniello Riccio, Richard Degenhardt. "The influence of geometrical parameters on the buckling behavior of conical shells by the single perturbation load approach". Applied Composite Materials, Vol. 22, Issue 4, Pages 405-422, September 2014. 10.1007/s10443-014-9414-3
Richard Degenhardt, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Rolf Zimmermann, Regina Khakimova, Alexander Kling. Future structural stability design for composite space and airframe structures. Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 81, Pages 29-38, August 2014. 10.1016/j.tws.2014.02.020
Mariano A. Arbelo, Sérgio F. M. de Almeida, Maurício V. Donadon, Sandro R. Rett, Richard Degenhardt, Saullo G. P. Castro, Kaspars Kalnins, Oļģerts Ozoliņš. Vibration correlation technique for the estimation of real boundary conditions and buckling load of unstiffened plates and cylindrical shells. Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 79, Pages 119-128, June 2014. 10.1016/j.tws.2014.02.006
Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt, Saullo G. P. Castro, Rolf Zimmermann. Numerical characterization of imperfection sensitive composite structures. Composite Structures, Vol. 108, Pages 295-303, February 2014. 10.1016/j.compstruct.2013.09.041
Saullo G. P. Castro, Rolf Zimmermann, Mariano A. Arbelo, Regina Khakimova, Mark W. Hilburger, Richard Degenhardt. Geometric imperfections and lower-bound methods used to calculate knock-down factors for axially compressed composite cylindrical shells. Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 74, Pages 118–132, January 2014. 10.1016/j.tws.2013.08.011
Saullo G. P. Castro, Rolf Zimmermann, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt. Exploring the constancy of the global buckling load after a critical geometric imperfection level in thin-walled cylindrical shells for less conservative knock-down factors. Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 72, Pages 76–87, November 2013. 10.1016/j.tws.2013.06.016
Data sets
Shreyas Anand, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro. (2024). Dataset for Crashworthiness in preliminary design: mean crushing force prediction for closed-section thin-walled metallic structures [Data set]. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.10522974.
Marco Desiderio. Dataset: Fokker F-28 Fellowship typical fuselage surface model for crashworthiness. Zenodo, 2023. 10.5281/zenodo.7702918.
Sian Ying Chen, Wydo van de Waerdt, Saullo G. P. Castro. Dataset for design for bird strike crashworthiness using a building block approach applied to the Flying-V aircraft (2022-11-01) [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.7270376
Yanwei Zhang, Zhonglai Wang, Saullo G. P. Castro. Dataset for reliability-based lift-to-power consumption optimization with an accelerated Kriging model for clapping-wing micro air vehicles [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.7275122
Yanwei Zhang, Zhonglai Wang, Saullo G. P. Castro. Dataset for bionic simulation of double clap-and-fling wing mechanism with SPH FSI method [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.7256436
Paolo Minigher, Janto Gundlach, Saullo G. P. Castro. ISTAR Demo Wing Abaqus Model [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.7030874
Saullo G. P. Castro, Paul Lancelot. pCRM9 aeroelastic aircraft wing model for NASTRAN without RBE2 [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.6384059
Saullo G. P. Castro, Eelco Jansen. Dataset for displacement-based multi-modal formulation of Koiter's method applied to cylindrical shells (2021-12-03) [Data set]. Zenodo, 2021. 10.5281/zenodo.5667978
Deacon Foulds, Johannes Knebusch, Janto Gundlach, Saullo G. P. Castro, Yves Govers. SmartBlades 2.0 Rotor Blade Nastran Models (Version 2021-11-26) [Data set]. Zenodo, 2021. 10.5281/zenodo.5729717
Saullo G. P. Castro, José Humberto S. Almeida Jr. VAFW cylinders 2020, S1, S2, S4, S8, DIC raw data (Version 2021-03-16) [Data set]. Zenodo, 2021. 10.5281/zenodo.4608398
Saullo G. P. Castro, José Humberto S. Almeida Jr. VAFW cylinders 2020, S1, S2, S4, S8, stitched imperfections (Version 2021-03-04) [Data set]. Zenodo, 2021. 10.5281/zenodo.4581164
Saullo G. P. Castro. Impact hammer test of an Aluminium 6082 T6 plate, 260 x 246 x 1.5 mm, free boundary conditions [Data set]. Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/zenodo.6813857
Chapter in Books
Book: Stability and Vibrations of Thin-Walled Composite Structures (View/Download)
ISBN: 9780081004104
Edited by
Haim Abramovich
Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, Israel
Authored Chapter 7: Stability of Composite Shell-Type Structures (View/Download):
7.2 Geometric imperfections and lower-bound methods used to calculate knockdown factors for composite cylindrical shells
7.3 Semianalytical approaches for linear and nonlinear buckling analyses of imperfect composite cylinders under axial, torsional, and pressurization loads
Conference Proceedings
Damien Keijzer, Carmelo Simon Soria, Jorick Arends, Barkin Sarigol, Fulvio Scarano, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Design of a Hydrogen-Powered Crashworthy eVTOL Using Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design Optimization". AIAA Scitech 2024 Forum. 10.2514/6.2024-2474. View/Download
Shreyas Anand, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Low-fidelity crashworthiness assessment of unconventional aircraft: Modelling of plastic bending". AIAA Scitech 2024 Forum. 10.2514/6.2024-0833. View/Download
Hauke F. Maathuis, Roeland de Breuker, Saullo G. P. Castro. "High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimisation with Large-Scale Constraints - An Application to Aeroelastic Tailoring". AIAA Scitech 2024 Forum. 10.48550/arXiv.2312.08891
Shreyas Anand, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro. "A review of analytical models for determining the behavior of metallic tubular structures submitted to axial crushing". Proceedings of the ASME 2023 Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. San Diego, California, USA. June 19 - 21, 2023. 10.1115/SSDM2023-108398. View/Download
Marco Desiderio, Michiel Schuurman, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Crashworthiness of the Flying-V aircraft concept with vertical drop test simulations". Aerospace Structural Impact Dynamics International Conference - ASIDIC 2023. Wichita, KA, USA, June 20 - 23. 10.31224/3034. View/Download
Hammad Rahman, Roeland De Breuker, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Simultaneous Layout, Sizing and Topology Optimization of Stiffened Panels using CAD-based Parameterization". AIAA Scitech 2023 Forum. 10.2514/6.2023-1090 . View/Download Watch Presentation
Higor Luis Silva, Thiago A. M. Guimarães, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Design and aeroelastic analysis of truss-based modular wing structures". AIAA Scitech 2023 Forum. 10.2514/6.2023-1677. View/Download Watch Presentation
Eva Smeets, Calvin Rans, René Alderliesten, Saullo G. P. Castro, Irene F. Villegas. "Measurement of damage growth in ultrasonic spot welded joints". ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials. View/Download
Hammad Rahman, Roeland De Breuker, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Optimal design of stiffened panels under buckling constraints: a design methodology considering CAD-based parameterization with simultaneous layout and sizing optimization". Conference: 33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical SciencesAt: Stockholm, Sweden, 2022. View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro and Eelco L. Jansen. “Displacement-Based Multi-Modal Formulation of Koiter’s Method Applied to Cylindrical Shells”. AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. 10.2514/6.2022-0256. View/Download Watch Presentation
Noah S. López, Alejandro M. Santamaría, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Preliminary aerodynamic design and load calculation of a long-range eVTOL aircraft". AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. 10.2514/6.2022-1331. View/Download Watch Presentation
Jakob Schoser, Miguel Cuadrat-Grzybowski, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Preliminary control and stability analysis of a long-range eVTOL aircraft". AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. 10.2514/6.2022-1029. View/Download Watch Presentation
Egon E. Beyne and Saullo G. P. Castro. "Preliminary performance assessment of a long-range eVTOL aircraft". AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. 10.2514/6.2022-1030. View/Download Watch Presentation
Kaizad Wadia, Michael Buszek, Nikita Poliakov, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Preliminary design and analysis of crashworthy structures for a long-range eVTOL aircraft". AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum. 10.2514/6.2022-1485. View/Download Watch Presentation
Túlio G. Machado, José A. Hernandes, Victor N. Capacia, Saullo G. P. Castro. “Design of Compressed Variable Stiffness Panels with Steering-Thickness Coupling". AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. 10.2514/6.2021-0568. View/Download Watch Presentation
Thomas A. Janssens and Saullo G. P. Castro. “Semi-Analytical Modelling of Variable Stiffness Laminates with Cut-Outs”. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. 10.2514/6.2021-0440. View/Download Watch Presentation
Victor N. Capacia, Sérgio F. Almeida, Saullo G. P. Castro. “Circumferential and Radial Lamina Application for Natural Frequencies Problems”. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. 10.2514/6.2021-0570. View/Download Watch Presentation
Amrit S. Verma, Saullo G. P. Castro, Zhiyu Jiang, Weifei Hu, Julie J. E. Teuwen. "Leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades: Effects of blade surface curvature on rain droplet impingement kinematics". Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1618, The Science of Making Torque from Wind, 28 September - 2 October 2020, The Netherlands (online). View/Download
Victor N. Capacia, José A. Hernandes, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Composite panel optimization using lamination parameters and inverse distance weighting interpolation". Proceedings of the 25th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM 2019). Brazil, Uberlândia-MG. DOI: 10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2019.COB2019-1745, 2019. View/Download
Mauricio V. Donadon, Mariano A. Arbelo, Paulo Rizzi, Carlos V. Montestruque, Lucas Amaro, Saullo G. P. Castro, Marcos Shiino. "A multiaxial fatigue damage model for isotropic materials". In: Niepokolczycki A., Komorowski J. (eds) ICAF 2019 – Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing. ICAF 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. View/Download
Raul Olympio, Mauricio V. Donadon, Saullo G. P. Castro. "An active-passive nonlinear finite element model for electromechanical composite morphing beams". 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2018 (2018). Belo Horizonte, Brazil. View/Download
Thiago A. Guimaraes, Saullo G. P. Castro, Domingos A. Rade, and Carlos E. Cesnik. "Panel Flutter Analysis and Optimization of Composite Tow Steered Plates", 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2017-1118). View/Download
Guilherme P. P. Abreu, Saullo G. P. Castro, José A. Hernandes. "A tool for local buckling optimization of composite panels using NASTRAN® SOL 200", Proceedings of the 24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM 2017). Brazil, Curitiba-PR. doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2396, 2017. View/Download
Kaspars Kalnins, Mariano Arbelo, Olgerts Ozolins, Saullo Castro, Richard Degenhardt. "Numerical characterization of the knock-down factor on unstiffened cylindrical shells with initial geometric imperfections", Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2015. View/Download
Victor M Casado, Svend Hinsch, Jesús Gómez García, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Effect of initial geometrical imperfections on the buckling load of cylindrical sandwich shells under axial compression", Proceedings of the European conference on spacecraft structures, materials & environmental testing”, Braunschweig , Germany. April 1-4, 2014. View/Download
Kaspars Kalnins, Olgerts Ozoliņš, Mariano A. Arbelo, Saullo G. P. Castro, Richard Degenhardt. “Experimental characterization of buckling on composite cylinders shells with eccentric supports”, Proceedings of the European conference on spacecraft structures, materials & environmental testing”, Braunschweig , Germany. April 1-4, 2014. View/Download
Pavel Schoř, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt. “Processing of imperfections signatures from composite cylindrical shells for representative finite element models”, Proceedings of the European conference on spacecraft structures, materials & environmental testing”, Braunschweig , Germany. April 1-4, 2014.
Saullo G. P. Castro, Christian Mittelstedt, Francisco A. C. Monteiro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Regina Khakimova, Richard Degenhardt. "Ritz method for the analysis of unstiffened laminated composite cylinders and cones under axial compression". Proceedings of the 54th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel. February 25-56, 2014. View/Download
Kaspars Kalnins, Olgerts Ozoliņš, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt, Saullo G. P. Castro. “Verification Study on Buckling Behaviour of Composite Cylinder with Eccentric Supports”. Proceedings of the 54th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, Israel. February 19-20, 2014. View/Download
Regina Khakimova, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt. “Investigating the buckling behaviour of imperfection sensitive conical composite structures subjected to Single Perturbation Load Approach”. Proceedings of the 54th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, Israel. February 19-20, 2014. View/Download
Regina Khakimova, Rolf Zimmermann, Saullo G. P. Castro, Richard Degenhardt, Mariano A. Arbelo. “Buckling and Postbuckling of Truncated Conical Shells with Varying Semi-Vertex Angle: The Use of the Single Perturbation Load Approach”. Proceedings of the 54th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, Israel. February 19-20, 2014. View/Download
Mariano A. Arbelo, Saullo G. P. Castro, Regina Khakimova, Richard Degenhardt. “Improving the Correlation of Finite Element Models Using Vibration Correlation Technique on Composite Cylindrical Shells”. Proceedings of the 54th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv and Haifa, Israel. February 19-20, 2014. View/Download
Regina Khakimova, Saullo G. P. Castro, Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt, Klaus Rohwer, Rolf Zimmermann, Gerrit Quappen, Svend Hinsch “Studies of Impefection Sensitive Conical Composite Structures”. 21st International Annual Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE), Tenerife, Spain. July 21-27, 2013.
Mariano A. Arbelo, Richard Degenhardt, Saullo G. P. Castro, Rolf Zimmermann. “Numerical characterization of imperfection sensitive composite structures”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS17), Porto, Portugal. June 17-21, 2013.
Mariano A. Arbelo, Rolf Zimmermann, Saullo Castro, Richard Degenhardt. “Comparison of new Design Guidelines for Composite Cylindrical Shells prone to Buckling”. Proceedings of the ICCST-9 Conference, Sorrento, Italy. April 24-26, 2013. View/Download
Vinicius L. Lemos, Saullo G. P. Castro, José A. Hernandes. "Integrating automatic zone modeling with GA in a two-step approach for structural optimization of a composite wing". Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Optimization (ENGOPT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 1 - 5, 2012. View/Download Poster View/Download
Thiago A. M. Guimaraes, José A. Hernandes, Saullo G. P. Castro. "A two-step approach to multi spar composite vertical empennage structure optimization". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization (ENGOPT), Lisbon, Portugal. September 6 - 9, 2010. View/Download
Thiago A. M. Guimaraes, José A. Hernandes, Saullo G. P. Castro. "Multi spar composite vertical empennage structure optimization". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization (ENGOPT), Lisbon, Portugal. September 6 - 9, 2010. View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro, Thiago A. M. Guimaraes, José A. Hernandes. "Comparison of free stacking sequence approach (T-THETA) versus a predefined 0/+45/-45/90 sequence in a typical aircraft wing optimization". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization (ENGOPT), Lisbon, Portugal. September 6 - 9, 2010. View/Download Poster View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro, Thiago A. M. Guimaraes, José A. Hernandes. "Composite optimization performance comparison between Genesis's BIGDOT and modeFRONTIER's MOGA II algorithms". Proceedings of the VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica (CONEM), Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. August 18 - 21, 2010. View/Download Poster View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro, José A. Hernandes, Flávio L. S. Bussamra, Wagner M. Ponciano. "Finding optimal genetic algorithm parameters for a composite wing optimization". Proceedings of the 11th Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XI), Foz do Iguacu-PR, Brazil. January 4 - 8, 2010. View/Download Slides View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro, José A. Hernandes, Eliseu Lucena Neto. "Composite wing optimization with progressive mesh refinement". Proceedings of COBEM 2009. 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM), Gramado-RS, Brazil. November 15 - 20, 2009. View/Download Poster View/Download
Saullo G. P. Castro, José A. Hernandes, Eliseu Lucena Neto. "Otimização eficiente de asa em material compósito via algoritmo genético". Congresso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingenieria (METNUM), Barcelona, Spain. June 29 - July 2, 2009. View/Download Slides View/Download
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Saullo G. P. Castro. "Semi-Analytical Tools for the Analysis of Laminated Composite Cylindrical and Conical Imperfect Shells under Various Loading and Boundary Conditions". Technische Universität Clausthal, 9th of December, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21268/20150210-154320. View/Download Slides View/Download PhD Thesis presentation
Saullo G. P. Castro. "Otimização eficiente de asa em material compósito via algoritmo genético", 2009. 228f. Dissertação de Mestrado Profissionalizante em Engenharia Aeronáutica e Mecânica - Área de Mecânica dos Sólidos e Estruturas - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), Sao José dos Campos. View/Download Slides View/Download