Structural reuse through segmentation
Composite materials offer many advantages during the use phase, but recovery at the end of a lifecycle remains a challenge. Structural reuse, where an end… Lees verder »Structural reuse through segmentation
Research
Structural reuse: design case study
How to design a composite product to facilitate structural reuse? Structurally reusing parts of end-of-life products as construction elements has been demonstrated on a small… Lees verder »Structural reuse: design case study
Offshore wind farm decommissioning
A significant part of wind energy in the Netherlands is generated by offshore wind farms at sea. In the coming decades, the number of wind… Lees verder »Offshore wind farm decommissioning
Ecobulk progress reports
Project Ecobuk aims to demonstrate a Circular Economy for products containing composite materials. Together with partners from industry and knowledge institutes across Europe, we re-design… Lees verder »Ecobulk progress reports
Value Added Repair
What if we could add value by repairing a product? We put the idea to test by repairing a broken bowl. Conny Bakker and Marcel… Lees verder »Value Added Repair
Blade table
Much of the value of composites is in their composition; attempts to separate the fibres from the resin have so far only resulted in low… Lees verder »Blade table
Slotted Bench
This bench preserves the composite material’s structural value by cutting panels directly from a used wind turbine blade. The slotted bench was made to explore… Lees verder »Slotted Bench
Cascading composites
Can cascading extend the material lifetime of large composite products, for example wind turbine blades? Wind turbines are designed for a service life of 20… Lees verder »Cascading composites
Design Framework
Circular Design of Composite Products: A Preliminary Framework Based on Insights from Literature and Industry Joustra, Jelle; Flipsen, Bas; Balkenende, Ruud Paper presented at PLATE… Lees verder »Design Framework
Circular composites
In October 2017 I started at TU Delft with my PhD research “Design strategies for composites in a Circular Economy”. The research is embedded in… Lees verder »Circular composites