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Advanced Composites Centre for

Innovation and Science

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

www.bris.ac.uk/composites

Programme

Introduction and update on ACCIS activities

Prof. Michael Wisnom, Directo

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ACCIS Doctoral Training Centre

Dr. Paul Weaver, Reader in L

ightw

eig

ht Structu

res

Approaches to automating the m

anufacture of small complex components

Dr. Kevin Potter, Reader in C

om

posites M

anufa

ctu

re

Stimuli-responsive polymers for multifunctional composites

Prof. Ian Manners,Profe

ssor o

f Inorganic &

Mate

ria

ls C

hem

istry

Innovative nanomaterials

Dr. FabrizioScarpa, Reader in S

mart Mate

ria

ls

Nanocompositecoatings for carbon fibre

composites

Dr. Hua-Xin

Peng, Senio

r L

ectu

rer in A

erospace E

ngin

eerin

g

Optimisationof tapered laminates with ply drops

Dr. Giu

liano

Allegri, L

ectu

rer in A

erospace S

tructu

res

Modellingprogressive damage development and damage m

ode interaction

Dr. Ste

phen H

allett, Senio

r L

ectu

rer in A

erospace S

tructu

res

Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science

•Established in 2007

•Brings together composites

research across University

•Based in Engineering, linked to

Science and Medicine

•Focus for collaboration between

academia and industry

•ACCIS Vision:

A world leading centre for

composites research, combining

cutting edge fundamental

science with strong industrial

links for exploitation and

technology transfer

Manufacturing truss

rib demonstrator

Carbon nano-tubes

and particles

Highlights of year

•ACCIS Doctoral Training Centre

–£7M awarded by EPSRC in

December 2008 to establish a

Composites Doctoral Training

Centre

–Paul Weaver is Director

•ACCIS m

ade a key contribution to

the outstanding RAE outcome

–Aerospace leadingUK

Department in all Engineering

disciplines for Research Outputs

(96% rated world leading or

internationally excellent)

Academic Staff

•12 core staff in Engineering

•Two promotions from 1st August 2009:

Paul Weaver

Professor of Lightweight Structures

Hua-Xin

Peng

Reader in Aerospace Materials

•Dan Inman appointed Brunel Professor

and Director of new Institute of Smart

Technologies

•Total of 40 academic staff across

the University with an interest in

composites

Peng

Paul Weaver

New Appointm

ents

Two new Lecturers appointed to support DTC:

Richard Trask, Research Fellow in ACCIS

•PhD, Southampton in Marine Composites

•Extensive industrial experience at DERA

•Leading research on Biomim

icry

•Composites Manufacturing

SameerRahatekar

•Post-Doctoral Researcher, NIST, USA

•BS in Polymer Engineering

•PhD Cambridge, Carbon Nanotubes

•Sim

ulation of pultrusion, injection m

oulding

ACCIS Research Themes

•Multifunctional

Composites and

Novel Microstructures

•Design, Analysis and

Failure

•Intelligent Structures

•Composites

Processing and

Characterisation

Bleeding composites reveal

and heal damage

Scaling effects

on strength

Multistable

morphing

composites

Simulating

drape on

complex parts

New Extension for ACCIS

•Building work started on £5.4M extension

to Queens Building for ACCIS

•Large increase in both laboratory

and office space

•Integration of staff and researchers

•Plenty of hot desks for collaborators and visitors

•Due for completion April 2010

Ground floor lab extension

Open plan research offices on 2

floors adjacent to staff offices

Industrial and Regional Partnerships

•New partnership with Vestas

•Airbus Bristol Bath Strategic Alliance in Composite

Technologies (ABBSTRACT) -8 joint PhDs

•GE Aviation -EPSRC SMARTCOMP UTSP (with Oxford, Dowty

Propellers, HambleAerostructures, Mechanical Systems

Wolverhampton)

•Great Western Research -15 PhDs at Bristol, Bath & Exeter

•Rolls-Royce Composites UTC

•SWRDA/Airbus CORAL-REEF facility

•Agusta

Westland Rotorcraft UTC

•EADS Innovation W

orks, BAE Systems, QinetiQ…

Recent ACCIS PhDs

•AdnanRashid: “Investigation of through-thickness

assembly stresses in composite w

ing spars”, M

arch 2008

•Alessandro Cannas: “Fracture M

echanics and Failure

Analysis of Hollow Shaped Fibre

GFRP Composites”,

April 2008

•Enrique Herencia: “Aeroelastictailoring of aircraft

structures”,M

ay 2008

•Gareth W

illiams: “D

evelopment of Self-H

ealing CFRP

Utilisingan Embedded Hollow Glass Fibre

Delivery System”, August 2008

•Jonathan Scholey: “The development of a quantitative framework for

acoustic emission testing”, November 2008

•Hugo W

illiams: “Biomim

eticVascular Self-H

ealing: Fundamental Design

Concepts and Application in Sandwich Construction”, February 2009

•CarwynWard: “R

ecycling of in-house composite w

aste”, M

arch 2009

•Paul Harper: “Fatigue of composite truss structures”, April 2009

•Lei Yin: “C

omposite m

icro structures w

ith tailored phase contiguity and

distribution”, April 2009

•FilippoMattioni:

"Therm

ally induced m

ulti-stable composites for

morphing aircraft applications“, M

ay 2009

Dr. Paul Harper

New Projects

•Crack Arrest & Self-H

ealing in Composite

Structures (CRASHCOMPS) -Ian Bond,

Richard Trask(EPSRC & DSTL)Four year,

£1.2M collaboration with Imperial College

•AUTOnomicSelf-H

EALingPolymers &

Composites (AUTOHEAL) -Ian Bond,

Duncan W

ass(M

oDTeam MAST

consortium)

•New M

aterials & M

ethods for Energy

Efficient Tidal Turbines (NEW-M

MEETT) -

Stephen Hallett(TSB)

Crack redirection

New Projects

•Magnetic M

icrowiresfor Self-M

onitoring

Composites -Hua-Xin

Peng(EPSRC)

•Full Field M

easurement Techniques for High

Strain Rate Testing of Composites -Stephen

Hallett& Michael Wisnom

(EPSRC), in

collaboration with ENSAM

•Fibre

Waviness Defects in Composite

Structures –

Kevin Potter, Michael Wisnom

(EPSRC & DSTL), 3 year, £0.6M collaboration

with Cambridge University

•Environmental Light-Weight Fan (ELF) –

Stephen Hallett, Michael Wisnom

(TSB), part

of Composites UTC supported by Rolls-Royce

t = 40 µs

Vision for composites

•We see a need for a linked

up series of activities

covering research,

education & training,

and knowledge transfer

•Some of this is now

being put in place in the

education and knowledge

transfer areas

•Still a gap in strategic

manufacturing research

•Opportunity to create a

Composites Manufacturing

Centre in the South W

est

EDUCATION

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Marketing,

brand building,

outreach and

project

management

Manufacturing Research Centre Concept

Work with the companies

who design and

manufacture

composite parts,

structures and

assemblies.

Support the

supply chain

for materials,

process

equipment

and software

Collaborate with HE,

research providers,

education and

training

providers,

Regional

Agencies

and Trade

Forums, to

maxim

ise

the impact

of the research

BRITE

•Bristol Technologies for the Environment

•New University m

ultidisciplinary research

institute dedicated to environmental systems

and technologies (www.bris.ac.uk/brite)

•ACCIS is set to play a leading role in two of

BRITE’score themes: Energy and Transport

•Energy:

Composite wind and tidal turbine blades

Diamond nanomaterialsfor energy-

efficient solar powered devices

•Transport: light-weight composite structures for

reduced fuel-burn

•Composites in Energy W

orkshop this afternoon

Bristol Centre for Nanoscience

•Centre now operational

•Very low noise, vibration, EM

shielding, temperature control

•One of the lowest vibration

facilities in the world

•Preparation rooms, wet lab,

clean rooms

•Will be using facilities for

ACCIS nanocompositeswork

International Collaborations

•Don Radford, Colorado State University

–Benjamin MeakerVisiting Professor

–High temperature inorganic polymer composites

•Scott W

hite, University of Illinois BeckmanInstitute

–Self-healingcomposites

–Ian Bond currentlyvisiting

–Richard TraskResearch Mobility Grant

•FabricePierron, ENSAM ParisTech, France

–Raphaël MoulartVisiting Fellowship on Full Field

Techniques for High Strain Rate Testing

–New joint PhD study on Virtual Fields Method

for Damage Detection

Beckman Institute

Future Opportunities

•Strong academic and industrial collaborations

•Major new research programmes through TSB, MoD,

EPSRC and FP7 initiatives

•Exciting opportunities for blue skies PhDs, EngDsand

initial studies via DTC or undergraduate projects

•Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

•Use of CORAL-REEF facilities and technology transfer