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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
r
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
UG PG
Links
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TRL KTP
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SUPPORT
Ad hoc
RESEARCH
TRL TRL
1-3 2-4
Links
TRL
4-6
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
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