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    Stress recovery of laminated non-prismatic beams under layerwise traction and body forces

    Emerging manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing and additive layer manufacturing, offer scope for making slender heterogeneous structures with complex geometry. Modern applications include tapered s...

    M. M. S. Vilar, D. A. Hadjiloizi… in International Journal of Mechanics and Mat… (2022)

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    Pre-buckling and Buckling Analysis of Variable-Stiffness, Curvilinearly Stiffened Panels

    This work illustrates a fast numerical approach for analyzing the pre-buckling and buckling response of innovative panel configurations for aerospace structures. Specifically, the approach allows composite pan...

    R. Vescovini, V. Oliveri, D. Pizzi, L. Dozio, P. M. Weaver in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (2020)

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    Improving the Static Structural Performance of Panels with Spatially Varying Material Properties Using Correlations

    This chapter introduces an approach to systematically analyze stochastic distributions of spatially varying material properties in structures. The approach gives insight into how spatial variations of material...

    S. van den Broek, S. Minera, E. Jansen… in Advances in Predictive Models and Methodol… (2019)

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    Post-buckling Progressive Failure Analysis of Composite Panels Using a Two-Way Global-Local Coupling Approach Including Intralaminar Failure and Debonding

    A novel two-way global-local coupling approach to model progressive separation of skin and stringer in combination with intralaminar damage in stiffened CFRP panels under compression is presented. The methodol...

    M. Akterskaia, E. Jansen, S. R. Hallet… in Advances in Predictive Models and Methodol… (2019)

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    A New Optimisation Framework for Investigating Wind Turbine Blade Designs

    We propose a new optimisation framework developed for the investigation of innovative wind turbine blade designs. The design of wind turbines has progressively evolved over recent decades as part of an ongoing...

    T. Macquart, V. Maes, D. Langston… in Advances in Structural and Multidisciplina… (2018)

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    Piezoelectric materials for high temperature transducers and actuators

    Piezoelectric sensors and actuators are a mature technology, commonplace amongst a plethora of industrial fields including automotive, maritime and non-destructive testing. However the environments that these ...

    T. Stevenson, D. G. Martin, P. I. Cowin… in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2015)

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    High temperature measurement and characterisation of piezoelectric properties

    Currently available high performance piezoelectric materials, predominantly based on lead zirconate titanate (PZT), are typically limited to operating temperatures of around 200 °C or below. There are many ap...

    P. M. Weaver, T. Stevenson, T. Quast… in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2015)

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    Single Source Three Dimensional Capture of Full Field Plate Vibrations

    Measurement of the vibrations of plates can offer significant challenges to the experimentalist, particularly when the plates are lightweight, exhibit large amplitude deflections, nonlinear responses or are in...

    A. D. Shaw, S. A. Neild, D. J. Wagg, P. M. Weaver in Experimental Mechanics (2012)

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    A possible route to the quantification of piezoresponse force microscopy through correlation with electron backscatter diffraction

    The functional properties of ferroelectric ceramic bulk or thin film materials are strongly influenced by their nano-structure, crystallographic orientation and structural geometry. In this paper, we present a...

    T. L. Burnett, P. M. Weaver, J. F. Blackburn… in Materials Challenges and Testing for Suppl… (2012)

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    Micro-computer tomography—An aid in the investigation of structural changes in lead zirconate titanate ceramics after temperature-humidity bias testing

    Lead zirconate titanate ceramic actuators are extensively used in electronic and electro-mechanical devices. Under humid conditions with a d.c. bias leakage currents increase power consumption In some material...

    I. P. Lipscomb, P. M. Weaver, J. Swingler, J. W. McBride in Journal of Electroceramics (2009)