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Journal articles
, 2025, 'Inelastic and fracture behaviour of nuclear graphite', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2025.110339
, 2025, 'Numerical simulations of the splitting tensile behaviour of needle-punched carbon/carbon composites', Journal of Composite Materials, 59, pp. 2057 - 2072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00219983251318603
, 2024, 'Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane Foam Reinforced with Natural Henequen Fibre', Journal of Composites Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcs8090343
, 2023, 'Ballistic Behavior of Bioinspired Nacre-like Composites', Biomimetics, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8040341
, 2023, 'Progressive fracture testing of Carbon–Carbon composites', Ceramics International, 49, pp. 6451 - 6458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.10.198
, 2023, 'Low velocity impact behaviour and mechanical properties of sandwich panels with cores made from Tetra Pak waste', Composite Structures, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116380
, 2022, 'Tensile Behavior of 3D Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Based Composites Reinforced with Natural Fiber', Polymers, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14193976
, 2022, 'Thermal and mechanical properties of PLA-based multiscale cellulosic biocomposites', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 18, pp. 485 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.02.072
, 2021, 'Mechanical behaviour of composite sandwich panels with foamed concrete core reinforced with natural fibre in four-point bending', Thin Walled Structures, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.108457
, 2021, 'Grain size dependent microstructure and texture evolution during dynamic deformation of nanocrystalline face-centered cubic materials', Acta Materialia, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117088
, 2021, 'The effect of microstructure and welding-induced plasticity on the strength of Ni–Mo–Cr alloy welds', Materialia, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101126
, 2021, 'Fem-cfd simulation and experimental study of compound parabolic concentrator (Cpc) solar collectors with and without fins for residential applications', Applied Sciences Switzerland, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11083704
, 2020, 'Mechanical properties of natural fiber reinforced foamed concrete', Materials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13143060
, 2020, 'Effect of Recycled Polystyrene/Limonene Coating on the Mechanical Properties of Kraft Paper: A Comparative Study with Commercial Coatings', Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 28, pp. 1724 - 1736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10924-020-01721-y
, 2020, 'Shaking table test of U-shaped walls made of fiber-reinforced foamed concrete', Materials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13112534
, 2020, 'Compressive behavior of rigid polyurethane foams nanostructured with bacterial nanocellulose at low and intermediate strain rates', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.48701
, 2019, 'Ballistic performance of bioinspired nacre-like aluminium composite plates', Composites Part B Engineering, 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107382
, 2019, 'Low velocity impact response of fibre metal laminates based on aramid fibre reinforced polypropylene', Composite Structures, 220, pp. 708 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.04.018
, 2019, 'Study of the porosity of calcified chicken eggshell using atomic force microscopy and image processing', Micron, 118, pp. 50 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2018.12.008
, 2018, 'Microstructure and mechanical properties of hard Acrocomia mexicana fruit shell', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27282-8
, 2018, 'Photoelastic and numerical analyses of the stress distribution around a fiber in a pull-out test for a thermoplastic fiber/epoxy resin composite', Polymer Composites, 39, pp. E2397 - E2406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.24709
, 2018, 'Evaluation of surface treatments on 5052-H32 aluminum alloy for enhancing the interfacial adhesion of thermoplastic-based fiber metal laminates', International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 82, pp. 90 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2018.01.003
, 2017, 'Structural effects on compressive strength enhancement of concrete-like materials in a split Hopkinson pressure bar test', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 109, pp. 408 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.08.003
, 2017, 'A Technique for the Elimination of Stress Waves Overlapping in the Split Hopkinson Pressure bar', Experimental Techniques, 41, pp. 345 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40799-017-0181-6
, 2017, 'Mechanical characterization of fiber metal laminate based on aramid fiber reinforced polypropylene', Composite Structures, 172, pp. 259 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.02.100
, 2017, 'Mechanical properties in crumple-formed paper derived materials subjected to compression', Heliyon, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00329
, 2017, 'Effects of strain rate on the microstructure evolution and mechanical response of magnesium alloy AZ31', Materials Science and Engineering A, 684, pp. 37 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.12.015
, 2016, 'Discrete element simulation of dynamic behaviour of partially saturated sand', International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 12, pp. 495 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10999-016-9350-5
, 2016, 'Effects of heat treatment and strain rate on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 6061 Al alloy', International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 25, pp. 26 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1056789515569088
, 2015, 'Static friction between rigid fractal surfaces', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.032405
, 2015, 'Modelling wrinkling interactions produced by patterned defects in metal thin films', Extreme Mechanics Letters, 4, pp. 175 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2015.07.002
, 2015, 'A numerical study of bioinspired nacre-like composite plates under blast loading', Composite Structures, 126, pp. 329 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.02.083
, 2014, 'The effect of interface adhesion on buckling and cracking of hard thin films', Applied Physics Letters, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4900443
, 2014, 'Numerical investigation of the impact behaviour of bioinspired nacre-like aluminium composite plates', Composites Science and Technology, 96, pp. 13 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.03.001
, 2014, 'NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF QUASI-STATIC INDENTATION AND LOW VELOCITY IMPACT OF ROHACELL 51 WF FOAM', International Journal of Computational Methods, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219876213440040
, 2014, 'Numerical study of the hydrodynamic drag force in atomic force microscopy measurements undertaken in fluids', Micron, 66, pp. 37 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2014.05.004
, 2014, 'Finite element analysis of indentation of aluminium foam and sandwich panels with aluminium foam core', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 599, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2014.01.080
, 2013, 'Experimental and numerical determination of mechanical properties of polygonal wood particles and their flow analysis in silos', Granular Matter, 15, pp. 811 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10035-013-0443-7
, 2012, 'Ballistic performance of thermoplastic composite laminates made from aramid woven fabric and polypropylene matrix', Polymer Testing, 31, pp. 512 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.02.010
, 2012, 'Numerical analysis of the effect of weld-induced residual stress and plastic damage on the ballistic performance of welded steel plate', Computational Materials Science, 58, pp. 131 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.02.009
, 2012, 'Structural behaviour of composite sandwich panels with plain and fibre-reinforced foamed concrete cores and corrugated steel faces', Composite Structures, 94, pp. 1555 - 1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.12.017
, 2011, 'Ballistic performance of multi-layered metallic plates impacted by a 7.62-mm APM2 projectile', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 38, pp. 1022 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.08.005
, 2011, 'Hard projectile penetration and trajectory stability', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 38, pp. 815 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.05.005
, 2011, 'Photoelastic evaluation of fiber surface-treatments on the interfacial performance of a polyester fiber/epoxy model composite', Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42, pp. 1017 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.04.005
, 2011, 'Experimental study of the indentation of sandwich panels with carbon fibre-reinforced polymer face sheets and polymeric foam core', Composites Part B Engineering, 42, pp. 1212 - 1219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.02.013
, 2011, 'A brief note on the counter-intuitive region of a square plate', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 38, pp. 136 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2010.09.004
, 2011, 'Low velocity impact on polymeric foams', Journal of Cellular Plastics, 47, pp. 45 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0921374010384956
, 2011, 'Low velocity impact on polymeric foams', JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PLASTICS, 47, pp. 45 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021955X10384956
, 2010, 'Micromechanical analysis of the kink-band performance at the interface of a thermoplastic composite under tensile deformation', Polymer Composites, 31, pp. 1817 - 1821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.20973
, 2010, 'Indentation into polymeric foams', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47, pp. 1987 - 1995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.03.025