Publications

Won Jun Lee, Adam J. Clancy, Juan C. Fernández-Toribio, David B. Anthony, Edward R. White, Eduardo Solano, Hannah S. Leese, Juan J. Vilatel, Milo S. P. Shaffer

The investigation of modified ‘brick and mortar’ composite architecture with in-plane wavy segments for pseudo-ductility

Bohao Zhang, Omar R. Bacarreza Nogales, Paul Robinson, C. Burgstaller

Pseudo-ductile failure mechanism introduced into finger jointed thermoplastic PES interleaved CFRC

David B. Anthony, Omar R. Bacarreza Nogales, Milo S.P. Shaffer, Alexander Bismarck, Paul Robinson, Soraia Pimenta

The effect of test temperature on the pseudo-ductility of thin-ply hybrid composites

Gergely Czél, Márton Bugár-Mészáros, Michael R. Wisnom

The influence of defects and variability in discontinuous composite materials

James Finley, Joel Henry, Soraia Pimenta, Milo S.P. Shaffer

Self-warning hybrid composite patches for repairing cracked aluminium panels

Meisam Jalalvand, Hon Wing Michael Lok Wu, Fariborz Sheibanian, Mohamad Fotouhi, Michael R Wisnom

Pseudo-ductility of Unidirectional Thin Ply Hybrid Composites in Longitudinal Compression

Putu Suwarta, Gergely Czel, Mohamad Fotouhi, Jakub Rycerz, Michael R. Wisnom

Bearing failure of pseudo-ductile thin ply angle-ply laminates

Xun Wu, Jonathan D. Fuller, Michael R. Wisnom

2018

Increasing carbon fiber composite strength with a nanostructured “brick-and-mortar” interphase

François De Luca, Adam J. Clancy, Noelia R. Carrero, David B. Anthony, Hugo G. De Luca, Milo S.P. Shaffer, Alexander Bismarck

Development and application of a quality control and property assurance methodology for reclaimed carbon fibres based on the HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) method and interlaminated hybrid specimens

Marco Longana, HaNa Yu, Kevin Potter, Ian Hamerton

Reclaimed Carbon and Flax Fibre Composites: Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties

Marco Longana, Vaclav Ondra, HaNa Yu, Kevin Potter, Ian Hamerton

Acoustic emission monitoring of thin ply hybrid composites under repeated quasi-static tensile loading

Mohamad Fotouhi, Putu Suwarta, Meisam Jalalvand, Gergely Czél, Michael Wisnom

A meso-scale simulation framework for predicting the mechanical response of triaxial braided composites

Tobias Wehrkamp-Richter, Nelson V. De Carvalho, Silvestre T. Pinho

Predicting the non-linear mechanical response of triaxial braided composites

Tobias Wehrkamp-Richter, Nelson V. De Carvalho, Silvestre T. Pinho

Reduced notch sensitivity in pseudo-ductile CFRP thin ply angle-ply laminates with central 0° plies

Xun Wu, M.L. Longana, J.D. Fuller and M.R. Wisnom

Hierarchical pseudo-ductile hybrid composites combining continuous and highly aligned discontinuous fibres

Yu H, Longana M, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M, Potter K

Ductility and pseudo-ductility of thin ply angle-ply CFRP laminates under quasi-static cyclic loading

Fuller J, Wisnom M

“Brick-and-Mortar” Nanostructured Interphase for Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

François De Luca, Giorgio Sernicola, Milo S.P. Shaffer, Alexander Bismarck

Pseudo-ductility and reduced notch sensitivity in multi-directional all-carbon/epoxy thin-ply hybrid composites

Gergely Czél, Tamas Rev, Meisam Jalalvand, Mohamad Fotouhi, Marco L. Longana, Oliver J.Nixon-Pearson, Michael R. Wisnom

Exploring the pseudo-ductility of aligned hybrid discontinuous composites using controlled fibre-type arrangements

James Finley, H.Yu, M.L.Longana, S.Pimenta, M.S.P.Shaffer, K.D.Potter

Virtual testing framework for hybrid aligned discontinuous composites

Joel Henry, Soraia Pimenta

2017

Design and characterisation of high performance, pseudo-ductile all-carbon/epoxy unidirectional hybrid composites

Czél G, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M, Czigány T

Aligned discontinuous intermingled reclaimed/virgin carbon fibre composites for high performance and pseudo-ductile behaviour in interlaminated carbon-glass hybrids

Longana M, Yu H, Jalavand M, Wisnom M, Potter K

Semi-analytical simulation of aligned discontinuous composites

Henry J, Pimenta S

Systematic comparison of single-walled carbon nanotube/poly(vinyl acetate) graft-to reactions

Adam J. Clancy, James M. Serginson, Jake L. Greenfield, Milo S.P. Shaffer

Reductive Dissolution of Supergrowth Carbon Nanotubes for Tougher Nanocomposites by Reactive Coagulation Spinning

Adam J. Clancy, David B. Anthony, Christopher S. Roberts, Sandra J. Fisher, Milo S.P. Shaffer

Orientation-dispersed pseudo-ductile hybrid composite laminates – A new lay-up concept to avoid free-edge delamination

Meisam Jalalvand, Mohamad Fotouhi, Michael Wisnom

New Approaches to Quantifying Tensile Strength Variability and Size Effects in Unidirectional Composites

Michael Wisnom, M. Asun Cantera, Gergely Czél and Meisam Jalalvand

High performance quasi-isotropic thin-ply carbon/glass hybrid composites with pseudo-ductile behaviour in all fibre orientations

Mohamad Fotouhi, Meisam Jalalvand, Michael R. Wisnom

A computationally-efficient hierarchical scaling law to predict damage accumulation in composite fibre-bundles

Soraia Pimenta

2016

Design and characterisation of advanced pseudo-ductile unidirectional thin-ply carbon/epoxy-glass/epoxy hybrid composites

Czél G, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M

Combining fibre rotation and fragmentation to achieve pseudo-ductile CFRP laminates

Fuller J, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M

Can tailored non-linearity of hierarchical structures inform future material development?

O’Donnell M, Weaver P, Pirrera A

Unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polyamide-12 composites with enhanced strain to tensile failure by introducing fibre waviness

Diao H, Robinson P, Wisnom M, Bismarck A

Multiple closed loop recycling of carbon fibre composites with the HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) method

Longana M, Ong N, Yu H, Potter K

Property and Shape Modulation of Carbon Fibers Using Lasers

Blaker JJ, Anthony DB, Tang G, Shamsuddin SR, Kalinka G, Weinrich M, Abdolvand A, Shaffer MS, Bismarck A

Systematic comparison of conventional and reductive single-walled carbon nanotube purifications

Clancy A, White E, Tay H, Yau H, Shaffer M

Hybrid effects in thin ply carbon/glass unidirectional laminates: Accurate experimental determination and prediction

Wisnom M, Czél G, Swolfs Y, Jalalvand M, Gorbatikh L, Verpoest I

Energy dissipation during delamination in composite materials – An experimental assessment of the cohesive law and the stress-strain field ahead of a crack tip

Jalalvand M, Czél G, Fuller J, Wisnom M, Canal L, González C, LLorca J

Strong and Stiff: High-Performance Cellulose Nanocrystal/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Fibers

Lee WJ, Clancy AJ, Kontturi E, Bismarck A, Shaffer MS

Detection of fibre fracture and ply fragmentation in thin-ply UD carbon/glass hybrid laminates using acoustic emission

Fotouhi M, Suwarta P, Jalalvand M, Czél G, Wisnom M

Hybrid specimens eliminating stress concentrations in tensile and compressive testing of unidirectional composites

Czél G, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M

Mechanisms to create high performance pseudo-ductile composites

Wisnom M

Acoustic emission-based study to characterize the initiation of delamination in composite materials

Fotouhi M, Najafabadi M

Development of novel composites through fibre and interface/interphase modification

Bismarck A, Blaker J, Anthony D, Qian H, Maples H, Robinson P, Shaffer M, Greenhalgh E

Mechanisms to create high performance pseudo-ductile composites

Wisnom M

2015

Pseudo-ductility and damage suppression in thin ply CFRP angle-ply laminates

Fuller J, Wisnom M

Damage analysis of pseudo-ductile thin-ply UD hybrid composites – A new analytical method

Jalalvand M, Czél G, Wisnom M

Demonstration of pseudo-ductility in unidirectional discontinuous carbon fibre/epoxy prepreg composites

Czél G, Pimenta S, Wisnom M, Robinson P

Parametric study of failure mechanisms and optimal configurations of pseudo-ductile thin-ply UD hybrid composites

Jalalvand M, Czél G, Wisnom M

Demonstration of pseudo-ductility in unidirectional hybrid composites made of discontinuous carbon/epoxy and continuous glass/epoxy plies

Czél G, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M

Novel experimental procedure and determination of full displacement fields of delaminating composite layer interfaces for evaluation of the mode II cohesive law

Czél G, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M, Canal L, González C, LLorca J

Nacre-nanomimetics: Strong, Stiff, and Plastic

De Luca F, Menzel R, Blaker JJ, Birkbeck J, Bismarck A, Shaffer MS

A one-step route to solubilised, purified or functionalised single-walled carbon nanotubes

Clancy AJ, Melbourne J, Shaffer MS

Exploration of the potential for pseudo-ductility in thin ply CFRP angle-ply laminates via an analytical method

Fuller J, Wisnom M

Exploring the potential of interleaving to delay catastrophic failure in unidirectional composites under tensile loading

Grail G, Pimenta S, Pinho S, Robinson P

Pseudo-ductility in intermingled carbon/glass hybrid composites with highly aligned discontinuous fibres

Yu H, Longana M, Jalalvand M, Wisnom M, Potter K

2014

Wavy-ply sandwich with composite skins and crushable core for ductility and energy absorption

Pimenta S, Robinson P

An analytical shear-lag model for composites with ‘brick-and-mortar’ architecture considering non-linear matrix response and failure

Pimenta S, Robinson P

A novel manufacturing method for aligned discontinuous fibre composites (High Performance-Discontinuous Fibre method)

Yu H, Potter K, Wisnom M

Experimental and numerical study of oblique transverse cracking in cross-ply laminates under tension

Jalalvand M, Wisnom M, Hosseini-Toudeshky H, Mohammadi B

Numerical modelling of the damage modes in UD thin carbon/glass hybrid laminates

Jalalvand M, Czél G, Wisnom M

2013

High performance composites with active stiffness control

Tridech C, Maples HA, Robinson P, Bismarck A

Demonstration of pseudo-ductility in high performance glass/epoxy composites by hybridisation with thin-ply carbon prepreg

Czél G, Wisnom M

We have published widely and make every effort to make our papers as accessible as possible. This page shows a full list of our published journal papers. Where access details are not provided, please contact:
composites-centre@bristol.ac.uk

If you’re not looking for a specific paper, but want to take a deeper dive into the project, you might also want to check out our top picks in each of the main HiPerDuCT themes. These papers represent either good summaries or particular highlights.

Theme A – fibre reorientation concepts
J.D. Fuller, M. Jalalvand, M.R. Wisnom. Combining fibre rotation and fragmentation to achieve pseudo-ductile CFRP laminates. Composite Structures 2016, 142, 155-166.]

Theme B – aligned fibre and interface approaches
G. Czél, M. Jalalvand, M.R. Wisnom. Design and characterisation of advanced pseudo-ductile unidirectional thin-ply carbon/epoxy-glass/epoxy hybrid composites. Composite Structures 2016, 143, 362-370.]

Theme C – ductile constituents
F. De Luca, R. Menzel, J.J. Blaker, J. Birkbeck, A. Bismarck, M.S.P. Shaffer. Nacre-nanomimetics: Strong, Stiff, and Plastic. Applied Materials and Interfaces 2015, 7(48), 26783-26791.]

Publications