= Bo Madsen
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<Bo Madsen (materials scientist)> studies the physical and mechanical behaviour of <composite materials>. His DTU profile relates experiments and analytical modelling to <microstructure>, volumetric composition and manufacturing conditions.<Bo Madsen profile at DTU>[Personal profile, field of interest]{ref} He is also a named contributor to the shared glass- and carbon-fibre tensile dataset.<Single fiber tensile test - Glass and Carbon fibers by Rajnish Kumar and others>[Full contributor list]{ref}
In 2024 he was first and corresponding author of an experimental <vibroscope> study with <Rajnish Kumar (materials scientist)> and <Hans Lilholt>. The apparatus uses frequency measurements on a fibre under <tension> to infer its <cross-sectional area>. The paper compared simple, direct and iterative analysis procedures, and reported distributions of individual fibre areas rather than treating all strands as geometrically identical.<Vibroscope method for determination of cross-sectional area of glass and carbon fibres – Experiments and analyses by Bo Madsen and others>[Institutional primary byline, corresponding-author mark and public abstract]{ref}
This method addresses a practical difficulty in a <single-fibre tensile test>: the area needed to convert <force> into <engineering stress> may be difficult to determine from an image of one apparent diameter. Comparing independently inferred areas with the resulting <stress-strain curves> tests more than a force sensor alone. It also keeps geometric variation between <material fibres> separate from differences in the material's constitutive response. The work is a collaboration; the byline does not imply that Madsen alone performed every measurement.
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