The Structural Integrity of Carbon Fiber Composites

Dr. Peter Beaumont, University of Cambridge, investigates mechanical properties and engineering performance of a wide range of materials systems for applications in aerospace, automotive research, power generation, electronics, and medicine. Professor Costas Soutis, University of Manchester, investigates compressive response of composite plates under uniaxial and bi-axial static and fatigue loading, impact and post-impact compressive strength, repair of composite laminates and structures, crush energy absorption, and quantitative non-destructive evaluation of composites.

Introduction.- Composite micromechanics: from carbon fibres to graphene.- A mechanisms-based framework for describing failure in composite materials.- The origins of residual stress and its evaluation in composite materials.- A multi-scale synergistic damage mechanics approach for modelling progressive damage.- From micro to macro: simulating crack propagation in carbon fibre composites.- The development and application of multi-scale composites.- Multi-scale modelling of high temperature polymer composites for aerospace.- Modelling of damage evaluation and failure of laminated composite materials across length scales.- Computational techniques for simulation of damage and failure in laminates.- Virtual testing of velocity impact in c/epoxy laminates.- Controlling delamination in sandwich beams.- Damage evolution modelling in laminates.- A general and rigorous accelerated testing methodology for polymeric materials lifetime.- Effects of environment on creep behaviour of two oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composites.- The control of the residual lifetimes of carbon fibre reinforced composite pressure vessel.- Structural integrity and the implementation of engineering composite materials.- The application of the optical method of caustics in damage mechanics of composites.- Damage Development in woven carbon fibre thermoplastic composites.- Impact damage of composite laminates.- Prediction of open hole strength of composite structures using a coupled strength model.- Compressive fracture of composites caused by internal instability.- Analysis of delamination in laminates with angle-ply matrix cracks: onset of damage and.- Blast resistance of sandwich structures in naval applications.- The dynamic fracture of adhesively-bonded CFRP joints.- Modelling and improving the performance of adhesively-bonded polymeric-composite.- Experimental study of composite scarf bonded joints.- Composite bond inspection.- Tensile failure of Composite scarf repair.- Increasing the design stress level of composite structures using non-traditional laminates.- Anisotropic 3D weaves.- Fibre-reinforced composites with a nanostructured polymer matrix.- Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Manufacturing- Characterization.- .- Recycling of fibre-reinforced plastics.- Advanced manufacturing technologies of composites.- Recent advances in the science of composite manufacturing.- Design and performance of novel aircraft structures with folded composite cores.- Fracture toughness mode I and II