Current research projects in this area include:
- Sustainable composite materials for structural marine applications
- Structural damage assessment for steel ships
- Effect of topographic features in heavy cloth composite performance
- Paint coating characterisation for thermoelastic stress analysis
- The implementation of a life cycle assessment methodology for alternative material selection
- Optical techniques to assess the performance of polymer composite materials under high velocity deformations
- Analysis of adhesively-bonded joints subject to high-speed loading
- Thermal degradation of sandwich structures
- Strength assessment of damaged ship structures
- Assessing the feasibility of monitoring strain in historical tapestries using Digital Image Correlation
- The effect of high strain rate on composite patch repairs
- The use of fibre reinforced polymer composites for military containers
- Structural applications of sustainable materials for large scale manufacture of composite boats
- Methodology for assessing life extension of high performance marine craft