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{Finley:2017:10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.028,
author = {Finley, JM and Yu, H and Longana, ML and Pimenta, S and Shaffer, MSP and Potter, KD},
doi = {10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.028},
journal = {Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing},
pages = {592--606},
title = {Exploring the pseudo-ductility of aligned hybrid discontinuous composites using controlled fibre-type arrangements},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.028},
volume = {107},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Pseudo-ductility presents a potential means for preventing catastrophic failure in composite materials; large deformations will prevent brittle fracture and provide warning before final failure. This work explores how the pseudo-ductility and strength of aligned hybrid discontinuous composites can be controlled by manipulating the arrangement of different fibre types. Aligned carbon/glass hybrid specimens with different fibre arrangements are manufactured and tested using a modification to the High Performance Discontinuous Fibre (HiPerDiF) method. Experimental results are complemented by an improved virtual testing framework, which accurately captures the fracture behaviour of a range of hybrid discontinuous composite microstructures. With a randomly intermingled fibre arrangement as a baseline, a 27% increase in strength and a 44% increase in pseudo-ductility can be achieved when low elongation fibres are completely isolated from one-another. Results demonstrate that the HiPerDiF method is the current state-of-the-art for maximising the degree of intermingling and hence the pseudo-ductility of hybrid composites.
AU  - Finley,JM
AU  - Yu,H
AU  - Longana,ML
AU  - Pimenta,S
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
AU  - Potter,KD
DO  - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.028
EP  - 606
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1359-835X
SP  - 592
TI  - Exploring the pseudo-ductility of aligned hybrid discontinuous composites using controlled fibre-type arrangements
T2  - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.028
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58134
VL  - 107
ER  -
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