Summary
Professor in Mechanics of Composites MSc, PhD
Administrative Duties
Head, Department of Aeronautics
I joined Imperial College in 1988 as a lecturer having previously worked for Buro Happold Consulting Engineers and British Aerospace Space and Communications Division as a structural engineer.
My research interests lie in polymer matrix composites. My earlier work had a particular focus on the susceptibility of these materials to delamination and included the development and investigation of tests for characterising delamination resistance and methods for predicting delamination development in composite components due to static, impact and fatigue loading.
More recently my research has included development and investigation of ductile composite architectures (I was a co-I on the EPSRC Programme Grant High Performance Ductile Composite Technologies), investigation of strategies to improve the compression response of advanced composites (I am a co-I on the EPSRC Programme Grant Next Generation Fibre-Reinforced Composites), morphing structures, and controllable stiffness and shape memory composites (I am a partner in the EU-funded training programme ‘HyFiSyn’).
Publications
Journals
Katafiasz T, Greenhalgh ES, Allegri G, et al., 2021, The influence of temperature and moisture on the mode I fracture toughness and associated fracture morphology of a highly toughened aerospace CFRP, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol:142, ISSN:1359-835X
Hamid WLHWA, Iannucci L, Robinson P, 2020, Finite-element modelling of NiTi shape-memory wires for morphing aerofoils, Aeronautical Journal, Vol:124, ISSN:0001-9240, Pages:1740-1760
Conference
Bacarreza O, Robinson P, Shaffer MSP, 2020, Optimisation of ductile interlocking composite structures
Bacarreza O, Robinson P, Shaffer MSP, 2020, Optimisation of ductile interlocking composite structures
Francesca Pernice M, Robinson P, 2020, Experimental investigation of low-velocity impact damage in pseudo-ductile composite laminates containing ply weakening