Materials and Structures
Fundamental Science and Engineering Application of Composites
Exploring the design, analysis, manufacture, physical and virtual testing of advanced damage tolerant, multifunctional and nano-enhanced composite materials and structures
Exemplar Research

Developing damage tolerant composites
Accurate prediction and performance enhancement of carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites under impact

Development of nano-modified intelligent and adaptable materials
Exploring Carbon Nano-Tube technology for structural health monitoring, self-healing and environmental adaptability

Simulating the forming and moulding of complex shapes
Enabling process optimisation through accurate modelling predictions

Multidisciplinary optimisation of laminated composite structures
Integrated structural design and manufacturability analysis of large Carbon Fibre components
Our Research Family

Composite aero-structure design and analysis, composite manufacture and cost modelling
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Virtual composite testing and design, nano-enhanced multifunctional composites, crashworthiness
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Virtual composite testing, manufacturing analysis of laminated composites, structural design of composite aero-structures
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Nano-composite manufacture and characterisation, plasma assisted nanomaterials
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Composite process simulation, composite material characterisation
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Nanocomposites, thermoplastic composites, process modelling
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Design, preparation, structure and properties of advanced polymer nanocomposites
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Finite element modelling, auxetic structures, time-dependent external pulses and crashworthiness
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Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite Element based Multi-scale and Multi-physics Simulation