Analysis and Design for Accelerated Production and Tailoring of composites (ADAPT)
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Timothy Dodwell (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Butler R
(2020)
High-performance dune modules for solving large-scale, strongly anisotropic elliptic problems with applications to aerospace composites
in Computer Physics Communications
Culliford L
(2020)
Buckling and strength analysis of panels with discrete stiffness tailoring
in Composite Structures
Erland S
(2021)
Quantifying inter- and intra-ply shear in the deformation of uncured composite laminates
in Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science
Reinarz A
(2018)
Dune-composites - A new framework for high-performance finite element modelling of laminates
in Composite Structures
Sakhaei A
(2020)
A finite deformation Cosserat continuum model for uncured carbon fibre composites
in Mechanics of Materials
Spohn T
(2022)
The InSight HP3 Penetrator (Mole) on Mars: Soil Properties Derived from the Penetration Attempts and Related Activities.
in Space science reviews
Starý T
(2017)
Fast-slow asymptotics for a Markov chain model of fast sodium current.
in Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)
| Description | Through this funded programme we have developed a bespoke parallel finite element solver for composite structures. My open-source solver in dune-composites, demonstrates excellent parallel scalability with run times of <10 minutes on 15,023 cores for problems with 1 billion degrees of freedom. The research has enabled numerical studies at scales not previously possible with implicit solvers in commercial packages. We have developed a new Cosserat model for predicting composite manufacturing, overcomes key scientific challenges of accuracy and efficiency of existing methods in the literature. With a softwre engineer we are implement the method in ABAQUS for the aerospace sector. |
| Exploitation Route | The research has enabled numerical studies at scales not previously possible with implicit solvers in commercial packages for composite structural applications and composite process models. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822317321797 |
| Description | We have developed the first Cosserat multiscale model for composites in ABAQUS, and demonstrated the technology to GKN Aerospace our industrial partners. With a software engineer we are now directly look at developing the software for easier industrial use. This software is now being used on the 'Wing of the future' Programme. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Workshop with Industry at NCC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop meeting of current research outputs with Airbus, GKN and Fokker to provide industrial feedback |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |