Publications by Malin Åkermo

Peer reviewed

Articles

[1]

L. Liu et al., "Mesostructural origins of the anisotropic compressive properties of low-density closed-cell foams : A deeper understanding," Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids, vol. 206, 2026.

[2]

A. Dutta, M. Thibault and M. Åkermo, "Forming of Hybrid (CF UD Prepreg - Advanced SMC) Composite Layups," Applied Composite Materials, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1073-1108, 2025.

[3]

T. Karlsson et al., "In-situ cure monitoring of structural composite by embedment of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests," Composites Part B : Engineering, vol. 293, 2025.

[4]

K. Iyer, M. Karlsson Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "The multi-objective optimization framework: A step towards minimizing life-cycle costs and energy consumption of carbon fibre automotive structures," Composites Part B : Engineering, vol. 271, 2024.

[5]

A. Dutta, M. Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "Interply friction between unidirectional carbon/epoxy prepreg plies : Influence of fibre orientation," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 166, pp. 107375, 2023.

[6]

T. Karlsson et al., "Sensing abilities of embedded vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests in structural composites: From nanoscale properties to mesoscale functionalities," Composites Part B : Engineering, vol. 255, 2023.

[7]

T. Grankäll et al., "Moisture In Composite Cure Tools," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 158, 2022.

[8]

M. Karlsson Hagnell et al., "Design Implications and Opportunities of Considering Fatigue Strength, Manufacturing Variations and Predictive LCC in Welds," Metals, vol. 11, no. 10, 2021.

[9]

E. Hörberg, M. Åkermo and S. Hallström, "Moisture effect on shape distortions of curved quasi-isotropic prepreg composite laminates," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 145, 2021.

[10]

T. Grankäll, P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "Vacuum-Assisted Hot-Forming Using Tailored Laminate Temperature," Applied Composite Materials, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 247-269, 2021.

[11]

M. Karlsson Hagnell et al., "From aviation to automotive - a study on material selection and its implication on cost and weight efficient structural composite and sandwich designs," Heliyon, vol. 6, no. 3, 2020.

[12]

T. Grankäll et al., "The true shape of composite cure tools," Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol. 59, pp. 279-286, 2020.

[13]

P. Hallander et al., "Using tailored temperature variations to obtain flawless forming of multi-stacked unidirectional prepreg," Journal of composite materials, vol. 54, no. 26, pp. 3999-4009, 2020.

[14]

P. Hallander et al., "Fast forming of multistacked UD prepreg using a high-pressure process," Polymer Composites, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 3550-3561, 2019.

[15]

T. Grankäll, P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "Geometric compensation of convex forming tools for successful final processing in concave cure tools – An experimental study," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 116, pp. 187-196, 2019.

[16]

L. Jerpdal et al., "Influence of temperature during overmolding on the tensile modulus of self-reinforced poly(ethylene terephthalate) insert," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2019.

[17]

M. Karlsson Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "The economic and mechanical potential of closed loop material usage and recycling of fibre-reinforced composite materials," Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 223, pp. 957-968, 2019.

[18]

E. Hörberg et al., "Thickness effect on spring-in of prepreg composite L-profiles – An experimental study," Composite structures, vol. 209, pp. 499-507, 2019.

[19]

L. Jerpdal et al., "Process induced shape distortions of self-reinforced poly(ethylene terephthalate) composites," Composite structures, vol. 193, pp. 29-34, 2018.

[20]

M. Hagnell K., B. Langbeck and M. Åkermo, "Cost efficiency, integration and assembly of a generic composite aeronautical wing box," Composite structures, vol. 152, pp. 1014-1023, 2016.

[21]

S. Poulikidou et al., "Environmental performance of self-reinforced composites in automotive applications - Case study on a heavy truck component," Materials & design, vol. 103, pp. 321-329, 2016.

[22]

J. Sjölander, P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "Forming induced wrinkling of composite laminates : A numerical study on wrinkling mechanisms," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 81, pp. 41-51, 2016.

[23]

P. Hallander, J. Sjölander and M. Åkermo, "Forming of composite spars including interlayers of aligned, multiwall, carbon nanotubes : an experimental study," Polymer Composites, 2016.

[24]

L. Jerpdal, D. Stahlberg and M. Åkermo, "Influence of fibre stretching on the microstructure of self-reinforced poly(ethylene terephthalate) composite," Journal of reinforced plastics and composites (Print), vol. 35, no. 21, pp. 1634-1641, 2016.

[25]

P. Hallander et al., "Interface manipulation towards wrinkle-free forming of stacked UD prepreg layers," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 90, pp. 340-348, 2016.

[26]

P. Mellin et al., "Nano-sized by-products from metal 3D printing, composite manufacturing and fabric production," Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 139, pp. 1224-1233, 2016.

[27]

M. Karlsson Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "A composite cost model for the aeronautical industry : Methodology and case study," Composites Part B : Engineering, vol. 79, pp. 254-261, 2015.

[28]

M. W. Tahir et al., "A numerical study of the influence from architecture on the permeability of 3D-woven fibre reinforcement," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 74, pp. 18-25, 2015.

[29]

F. Stig et al., "An experimental study of the influence from fibre architecture on the permeability of 3D-woven textiles," Journal of reinforced plastics and composites (Print), vol. 34, no. 17, pp. 1444-1453, 2015.

[30]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Cost and weight efficient partitioning of composite automotive structures," Polymer Composites, 2015.

[31]

M. K. Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "Cost modelling of composite structures," JEC Composites Magazine, vol. 52, no. 96, pp. 28-29, 2015.

[32]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Effects of manufacturing constraints on the cost and weight efficiency of integral and differential automotive composite structures," Composite structures, vol. 134, pp. 572-578, 2015.

[33]

P. Hallander, J. Sjölander and M. Åkermo, "Forming induced wrinkling of composite laminates with mixed ply material properties; an experimental study," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 78, pp. 234-245, 2015.

[34]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Integral versus differential design for high-volume manufacturing of composite structures," Journal of composite materials, vol. 49, no. 23, pp. 2897-2908, 2015.

[35]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Method for cost and weight-efficient material diversity and partitioning of a carbon fibre composite body structure," Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical engineers. Part D, journal of automobile engineering, 2015.

[36]

M. W. Tahir, S. Hallström and M. Åkermo, "Effect of dual scale porosity on the overall permeability of fibrous structures," Composites Science And Technology, vol. 103, pp. 56-62, 2014.

[37]

Y. Larberg and M. Åkermo, "In-plane deformation of multi-layered unidirectional thermoset prepreg - Modelling and experimental verification," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 56, pp. 203-212, 2014.

[38]

L. Jerpdal and M. Åkermo, "Influence of fibre shrinkage and stretching on the mechanical properties of self-reinforced poly(ethylene terephthalate) composite," Journal of reinforced plastics and composites (Print), vol. 33, no. 17, pp. 1644-1655, 2014.

[39]

P. Hallander et al., "An experimental study of mechanisms behind wrinkle development during forming of composite laminates," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 50, pp. 54-64, 2013.

[40]

C. Schneider et al., "Compression and tensile properties of self-reinforced poly(ethylene terephthalate)-composites," Polymer testing, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 221-230, 2013.

[41]

M. Kaufmann, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Material Selection for a Curved C-Spar Based on Cost Optimization," Journal of Aircraft, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 797-804, 2011.

[42]

Y. Larberg, M. Åkermo and M. Norrby, "On the in-plane deformability of cross-plied unidirectional prepreg," Journal of composite materials, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 929-939, 2011.

[43]

Y. Larberg and M. Åkermo, "On the interply friction of different generations of carbon/epoxy prepreg systems," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 1067-1074, 2011.

[44]

M. Kaufmann, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "Cost/weight optimization of composite prepreg structures for best draping strategy," Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 464-472, 2010.

[45]

M. Åkermo and B. T. Astrom, "Modeling compression molding of all-thermoplastic honeycomb core sandwich components. Part A : Model development," Polymer Composites, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 245-256, 2000.

[46]

M. Åkermo and B. T. Astrom, "Modeling compression molding of all-thermoplastic honeycomb core sandwich components. Part B : Model verification," Polymer Composites, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 257-267, 2000.

Conference papers

[47]

T. Karlsson et al., "Comparative Study of Graphene Coated Glass Fibres and Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests as Embedded Structural Health Monitoring Systems," in Proceedings 24th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2025.

[48]

G. Cavalcanti Batista et al., "Optimization and Performance Analysis of an FPGA-Based Structural Health Monitoring System for Aerospace Composite Structures," in Structural Health Monitoring 2025 : Ensuring Mobility and Autonomy with Sustainability - Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2025, 2025, pp. 1933-1941.

[49]

T. Karlsson, P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "Isolation strategies of carbon nanotubes for resistive sensing in carbon fibre prepreg laminates," in Proceedings 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21), 2024.

[50]

K. Iyer, P. Wennhage and M. Åkermo, "Life-cycle Assessment of a Composite Railway bogie frame," in 31st CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2024, 2024, pp. 988-993.

[51]

K. Iyer, Z. Barsoum and M. Åkermo, "Life-cycle Cost assessment of Post Weld treatments: Effect of local weld geometries," in Fatigue Design 2023, FatDes 2023, 2023, pp. 469-477.

[52]

P. Hallander et al., "AN ENGINEERING VIEW OF USING RESEARCH RESULTS TO INCREASE THE DESIGN WINDOW AND AVOID MANUFACTURING DEFECTS," in ECCM 2022 : Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, 2022, pp. 1121-1129.

[53]

T. Karlsson, P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "EMBEDDED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR LOCALIZED CURE MONITORING," in ECCM 2022 : Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, 2022, pp. 208-215.

[54]

A. Dutta et al., "FORMING OF HYBRID (UD-ASMC) COMPOSITES," in ECCM 2022 : Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, 2022, pp. 446-453.

[55]

A. Björnsson et al., "Robot-forming of prepreg stacks - Development of equipment and methods," in ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2016.

[56]

M. Karlsson Hagnell and M. Åkermo, "Cost and weight efficient assembly of aeronautical composite structures," in ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, 2015.

[57]

P. Hallander, J. Sjölander and M. Åkermo, "Effects On Forming When Using Aligned Multi Wall Carbon Nanotubes In Multi-Stacked Prepreg," in 20Th International Conference On Composite Materials, 2015.

[58]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "The effects of cost and weight efficient structural design for manufacturing of composite automotive body structures," in 20th International Conference on Composite Materials Copenhagen, 19-24th July 2015, 2015.

[59]

P. Mårtensson, D. Zenkert and M. Åkermo, "INTEGRAL OR DIFFERENTIAL DESIGN FOR A COST EFFECTIVE COMPOSITE AUTOMOTIVE BODY STRUCTURE," in 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014, 2014.

[60]

A. Andre et al., "An experimental and numerical study of the effect of some manufacturing defects," in ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, 2013, pp. 4105-4112.

[61]

P. Hallnader, L. Ydrefors and M. Åkermo, "Forming of prepreg composite parts with aligned multi wall carbon nanotubes," in 19th International Conference on Composite Matrials, 2013.

[62]

M. Åkermo et al., "Influence of interply friction on the forming of stacked UD prepreg," in ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, 2013, pp. 919-928.

[63]

M. Åkermo et al., "Influence of interply friction on the forming of stacked prepreg," in Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), 2013, pp. 919-928.

[64]

J. Sjölander and M. Åkermo, "Automatic forming of composite aircraft beams," in Swedish Production Symposium, 2012.

[65]

W. Rathanatavorn et al., "Hybrid joining of alumnium to thermoplastics with friction stir welding," in Proceedings Swedish production Symposium 2012, 2012.

[66]

P. Hallnader, T. Nyman and M. Åkermo, "Influence of the forming process on the shape distortion of a composite c-shaped aerospace spar," in ECCM 2012 - Composites at Venice, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012.

[67]

M. W. Tahir, S. Hallström and M. Åkermo, "Interlaminar strength and 3D reinforcement of Carbon-Polyamide 12 composite material," in ECCM 2012 - Composites at Venice, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012.

[68]

P. Hallander and M. Åkermo, "Automated forming of pre-stacked UD prepregs," in 22nd annual International SICOMP conference, 2011.

[69]

M. Åkermo, Y. Larberg and P. Hallander, "Forming of advanced components out of pre-stacked crossplied UD prepreg," in 18^th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-18, 2011.

[70]

Y. Larberg and M. Åkermo, "On the interply friction of different generations of unidirectional prepreg materials," in Proceedings of 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM 13), 2008.

[71]

M. Åkermo, "Thermoforming of closed cell polymer foam and its residual compressive mechanical properties," in 8^th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, 2008.

[72]

Y. R. Larberg and M. Åkermo, "In-plane properties of cross-plied unidirectional prepreg," in 16th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-16, 2007.

Non-peer reviewed

Conference papers

[73]

D. Zenkert, M. Kaufmann and M. Åkermo, "Optimisation of Composite Stuctures : Design for Cost," in International Conference for Composites 21st Century : Current and Future Trends, 2011.