Lightweight composite and sandwich structures

Research Projects with industrial support: ‘Thermal degradation and nonlinear interaction effects in polymer foam cored sandwich structures’ (PI; approx. £ 700k) ‘Reliability based design of composite wind turbine blades’ (co-PI; approx. £ 2.4 mill) ‘Wrinkling defects in composite wind turbine blades’ (PI; approx. £ 270k) ‛Blade King – hybrid composite materials technology for future wind turbine blades’ (PI; approx. £ 8.2 mill) ‘Enhanced performance of sandwich structures by improved damage tolerance’ (co-PI; approx. £ 665k) ‘Design of sandwich structures with grid scored core materials for wind turbine blades’ (PI; approx. £ 270k) ‘Danish Center for Composite Structures and Materials for Wind Turbines’ (co-PI; approx. £ 9.4 mill)