Category: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Characterisation of fibre hybrid thermosetting composites for automotive applications The objective of the research presented in this PhD thesis is to improve the understanding of the failure modes and …

Coherent structures and transient amplification mechanisms in transitional and turbulent flows In this thesis, a generic explanation for coherent structures based on the filtering properties of the linearised Navier-Stokes …

Composites with Controllable Stiffness High performance carbon fibre reinforced composites with controllable stiffness could revolutionise the use of composite materials in structural applications. Described here are structural materials, the …

Bio-inspired micro-structural design for CFRP: exploring damage mechanisms of nacre Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) are widely regarded as the material of choice for many aerospace and automotive applications, where …

Blockage tolerant wind tunnel testing of aerofoils at angles of incidence from 0 to 360 degrees, with respect to the self-start of vertical-axis wind turbines The need for better …

Computational modelling of airflow and transport in the upper respiratory tract This thesis comprises an investigation of the dynamics of airflow in the upper respiratory tract from the nose …

A boundary element method for modelling piezoelectric transducer based structural health monitoring In this thesis, several numerical approaches for the development of structural health monitoring (SHM) methodologies for engineering …

Boundary element methods for cohesive thermo-mechanical damage and micro-cracking evolution In this thesis, Boundary Element Methods (BEM) are developed for micro-mechanic cohesive non linear problems. Modelling of intergranular and …

Boundary layer receptivity to freestream disturbances Transition of fluid flow from a laminar to turbulent state has been studied extensively for over a century, beginning with experiments carried out …

Carbon fibre laminates with engineered fracture behaviour A new bio-inspired microstructure design approach was developed to improve the translaminar toughness and damage tolerance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) …

Cellulose nanopaper as reinforcement for sustainable polymer composites The use of cellulose nanopapers as reinforcement to produce high performance polymer composites is investigated in this thesis. Cellulose nanopapers are …

Cellulose nanopaper as two-dimensional reinforcement for polymers This thesis investigates the use of cellulose nanopaper as two-dimensional reinforcement for polymers. It was found that the introduction of bacterial cellulose …

Behaviour of high Mach number boundary layers with sudden pressure gradient changes Hypersonic airbreathing propulsion has been under research since the mid 1960s and will continue to be of …

Bio-inspired designs for enhanced damage resistance of composite structures: Bouligand, Herringbone and multi-tailored bone-inspired strategies This thesis presents three novel bio-inspired microstructural concepts, for point-by-point tailorable composite solutions, that …