Imperial College London
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Prof Milo Shaffer

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Materials Chemistry
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5825m.shaffer Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr John Murrell +44 (0)20 7594 2845

 
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Location

 

401BMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Stanier:2019:10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.019,
author = {Stanier, D and Radhakrishnan, A and Gent, I and Roy, SS and Hamerton, I and Potluri, P and Scarpa, F and Shaffer, M and Ivanov, DS},
doi = {10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.019},
journal = {Composite Structures},
pages = {72--80},
title = {Matrix-graded and fibre-steered composites to tackle stress concentrations},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.019},
volume = {207},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper studies the feasibility of improving structural performance of composites in the presence of stress concentrators. Matrix grading through local deposition of additive-enhanced matrices and fibre steering by varying fibrous architecture are examined independently and in combination on a glass-fibre triaxial braided composite subjected to open hole tensile test. Stiffened and toughened matrices were incorporated through precise point-wise injections of liquid reactive resin into dry preforms (Liquid Resin Printing). Fibre steering was implemented by varying the braiding angle along the length of the braided sleeve. It has been shown that these novel forms of architecture modification enable a significant improvement in composite strength through a variety of deformation mechanisms. This includes local stiffening of composite in the direct vicinity of the stress concentrator and damage accumulation away from the stress concentrators. The experimental observations are explained by using simple finite-element models.
AU  - Stanier,D
AU  - Radhakrishnan,A
AU  - Gent,I
AU  - Roy,SS
AU  - Hamerton,I
AU  - Potluri,P
AU  - Scarpa,F
AU  - Shaffer,M
AU  - Ivanov,DS
DO  - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.019
EP  - 80
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0263-8223
SP  - 72
TI  - Matrix-graded and fibre-steered composites to tackle stress concentrations
T2  - Composite Structures
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.019
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000449690600007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/81257
VL  - 207
ER  -
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