**Acknowledgements**

The authors acknowledge the Center for Research and Development of Welding Processes (Laprosolda) and Laboratory of Structural Mechanics Prof. José Eduardo Tannús Reis, both at UFU, and the Department of Materials and Technology, at UNESP-Guaratinguetá, for providing laboratorial infrastructure and support, and ALLTEC Materiais Compostos, for providing composite materials. They also acknowledge the Brazilian agencies CNPq (Procs. 302863/2016-8 and 303224/2016-9), CAPES (PROEX 0309/2015), and FAPEMIG (Proc. 11304), for research grants and scholarships.
