Summary
Overview
Silvestre Taveira Pinho is a Professor in Mechanics of Composites and an EPSRC Research Fellow.
He was awarded in 2010 by the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) the prize for best young researcher in Composites active in Europe.
Silvestre is since June 2012 a member of the Council and of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM).
In March 2014, Silvestre was awarded an EPSRC fellowship for designing novel forms of more damage tolerant composite structures.
Interests
Silvestre's main research focus is on experimental, analytical and numerical aspects of failure in fibre-reinforced composites. Other interests include the design of improved microstructures, recycling and reusing composites for a sustainable future and the design of graphene-based composites. He was awarded in 2014 an EPSRC fellowship for the design of a new generation of tougher composites.
Employment opportunities
PhD student and research assistant opportunities are available to work on the framework of a recent EPSRC fellowship - NextGen - on the design of composites with novel forms of architecture for improved damage tolerance. Please see the NextGen page.
Supervision
He currently supervises with other academics several PhD students and Research Associates. Current and past funding bodies include Research Councils and Industry (EPSRC, FCT, MoD, Airbus, Renault F1 team, Rolls-Royce, BAe systems, amongst others).
Research group
You can link to Silvestre's research group by following the link below:
External resources
Research metrics are available in google scholar, researcherID and Scopus.
Professional profiles: Linkdin, Academic Room, iMechanica and Research Gate.
Publications
Journals
Yu B, Katafiasz TJ, Nguyen S, et al., 2021, Hygrothermal effects on the translaminar fracture toughness of a highly toughened aerospace CFRP: Experimental characterisation and model prediction, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol:150, ISSN:1359-835X, Pages:1-12
Plocher J, Mencattelli L, Narducci F, et al., 2021, Learning from nature: Bio-Inspiration for damage-tolerant high-performance fibre-reinforced composites, Composites Science and Technology, Vol:208, ISSN:0266-3538
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
Kocaman ES, Chen BY, Pinho ST, 2020, A floating connector element formulation for multi-level modelling of composite structures, Composite Structures, Vol:251, ISSN:0263-8223, Pages:1-13
Häsä R, Pinho ST, 2020, Bio-inspired armour: CFRP with scales for perforation resistance, Materials Letters, Vol:273, ISSN:0167-577X, Pages:1-4