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2014, 'Experimental and numerical investigation of composite energy absorbers using variable load concept', in 40th European Rotorcraft Forum 2014, Southampton, UK, pp. 963 - 974, presented at 40th European Rotorcraft Forum 2014, Southampton, UK, 02 September 2014 - 05 September 2014
,2014, 'Impact Tests and Simulations of Crashworthy Composite Structures Using Variable Load Concept', in Proceedings of the Vertical Flight Society 70th Annual Forum, The Vertical Flight Society, pp. 1 - 12, presented at Vertical Flight Society 70th Annual Forum & Technology Display, 20 May 2014 - 22 May 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.4050/f-0070-2014-9477
,2014, 'The Virtual Design Workshop: AN ONLINE ADAPTIVE RESOURCE FOR TEACHING DESIGN IN ENGINEERING', in Helfert M; Zvacek S; Restivo M; Uhomoibhi J (eds.), Copyright © 2014 SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Barcelona, pp. 452 - 458, presented at 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Barcelona, 01 April 2014 - 03 April 2014
,2014, 'Carbon fibre-foam sandwich composite laminate embedded with fiber Bragg grating sensors', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2059431
,2014, 'Impact tests and simulations of crashworthy composite structures using Variable Load Concent', in Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International, pp. 1557 - 1568
,2013, 'Adaptive Tutorials for Design in Engineering', in Lemckert C; Jenkins G; Lang-Lemckert S (eds.), 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education AAEE2013, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, presented at Australasian Association for Engineering Education, GoldCoast, 08 December 2013 - 11 December 2013
,2013, 'Atoms to Assemblies: A Physics-Based Hierarchical Modelling Approach for Polymer Composite Components', Sydney, Australia, presented at 1st Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 03 October 2013 - 04 October 2013
,2013, 'A NOVEL VARIABLE LOAD ENERGY ABSORBING COMPOSITE COMPONENT FOR IMPROVING HELICOPTER CRASHWORTHINESS', in SAMPE EUROPE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND TABLE TOP EXHIBITION. 8TH 2013. (SETEC 13) NOVEL ASPECTS IN COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES: FROM FIBRE TO LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES, Wuppertal, Germany, presented at SAMPE Europe SETEC 13 Conference, Wuppertal, Germany, 11 September 2013 - 12 September 2013
,2013, 'Experimental Investigation on Energy Absorbing Pressurised Composite Tubes', in Proceedings International Conference on Composite Materials 2013 (ICCM-19), Montreal, Canada, presented at 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, Montreal, Canada, 29 July 2013 - 02 August 2013
,2013, 'RUBBER PAD FORMING OF GLARE CRUCIFORM USING NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS', in Proceedings International Conference on Composite Materials 2013 (ICCM-19), Montreal, Canada, presented at 19th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), Montreal, Canada, 28 July 2013 - 02 August 2013
,2013, 'New Developments in Onset Theory for Onset of Resin Failure in Fibre Reinforced Composites', Montreal, Canada, presented at 19th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), 28 July 2013 - 02 August 2013
,2013, 'SHAPE-ADAPTIVE COMPOSITE MARINE PROPELLERS – ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION', in Hoa SV; Hubert P (ed.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, Montreal, Canada, pp. 8476 - 8484, presented at 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, Montreal, Canada, 28 July 2013 - 02 August 2013
,2013, 'Effects of molecular structure of epoxy networks on macroscopic performance in composites using Onset Theory and Molecular Dynamics', in Ferreira AJM (ed.), FACULTY OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PORTO PORTO . PORTUGAL, presented at 17th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS17), FACULTY OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PORTO PORTO . PORTUGAL, 17 June 2013 - 21 June 2013
,2013, 'Experimental and numerical progressive failure analysis of L-bend curved composites using acoustic emission and embedded fibre optic sensors', in Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2013),, Goa, India, presented at 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2013), Goa, India, 18 February 2013 - 21 February 2013
,2012, 'A New Multi-Objective Robust Optimisation Methodology', in Proceedings of 7th Australasian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Engineers Australia, Canberra ACT, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 7th Australasian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, 09 December 2012 - 12 December 2012
,2012, 'Performance analysis and optimisation of bend-twist coupled composite hydrofoils using fluid-structure interaction', in Proceedings of 7th Australasian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Engineers Australia, Canberra ACT, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 7th Australasian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, 09 December 2012 - 12 December 2012
,2012, 'Curved Composite Structures: Investigations on Reserve Strength', in ACUN6 Conference proceedings, Monash University UNSW, Australia, pp. 41 - 55, presented at the 6th International Composites Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 14 November 2012 - 16 November 2012
,2012, 'A Feasibility Study for Multimaterial Retrofittable Energy Absorbing Structure for Aged Helicopter Subfloor', in ICAS 2012 CD-ROM PROCEEDINGS, Optimage Ltd. on behalf of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, UK, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 28th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia, 23 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
,2012, 'Application of a Scalar Strain-Based Damage Onset Theory to the Failure of a Complex Composite Specimen', in Grant I (ed.), ICAS 2012 CD-ROM PROCEEDINGS, Optimage Ltd. on behalf of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, UK, presented at 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, 23 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
,2012, 'Directional Enhancement of Composite Structures Energy Absorption Using Magnetorheological Fluids', in ICAS 2012 CD-ROM PROCEEDINGS, Optimage Ltd. on behalf of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, UK, pp. 1 - 9, presented at 28th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia, 23 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
,2012, 'Experimental Development and Analysis of an Active Crushing Element Using Pressurized Composite Tubes', in ICAS 2012 CD-ROM PROCEEDINGS, Optimage Ltd. on behalf of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, UK, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 28th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia, 23 September 2012 - 28 September 2012
,2012, 'A Micromechanical Sub-Modelling Technique for Implementing Onset Theory', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and Macro Composite Structures, Politechnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, presented at International Conference on Mechanics of Nano, Micro and Macro Composite Structures, Torino, Italy, 18 June 2012 - 20 June 2012, http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~icnmmcs/abstracts/189.pdf
,2012, 'Failure monitoring in composite structures using embedded FBG strain sensors', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
,2011, 'Adaptive tutorials to target Threshold Concepts in Mechanics – a community of practice approach', in Proceedings of The 22nd Annual Conference for the Australian Association for Engineering Education, Engineers Australia, Engineering House, 11 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600, Barton ACT 2600, pp. 306 - 311, presented at 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), Fremantle, 05 December 2011 - 07 December 2011
,2011, 'Effective learning activities and assessments in a first year engineering mechanics course', in International Conference on Engineering Education, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, pp. 1 - 8, presented at ICEE : An International Conference on Engineering Education, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, 21 August 2011 - 26 August 2011
,2011, 'Engaging students in learning threshold concepts in engineering mechanics: adaptive eLearning tutorials', in International Conference on Engineering Education, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, pp. 1 - 10, presented at ICEE : An International Conference on Engineering Education, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, 21 August 2011 - 26 August 2011
,2010, 'Towards a Community of Practice Concerning the Use of Adaptive Tutorials in Engineering Mechanics', in Proceedings of the 2010 Australiasian Assosication for Engineering Education Conference, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia, presented at 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia, 05 December 2010 - 08 December 2010
,2010, 'A theoretical investigation on the free vibration of functionally graded beams', in Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Civil-Comp Ltd, Stirlingshire, Scotland, pp. 1 - 14, presented at Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Valencia, Spain, 14 September 2010 - 17 September 2010
,2010, 'Delamination Characteristaion of curved composites using Acoustic Emission and Fibre Bragg Gratings', in Proceedings of 2010 International Maritime Conference, Pacific 2010 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, pp. 1 - 15, presented at Pacific 2010: International Maritime Conference, Sydney, 27 January 2010 - 29 January 2010
,2010, 'Flexible composite hydrofoils and propeller blades', in Proceedings of 2010 International Maritime Conference, Pacific 2010 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, pp. 1 - 10, presented at Pacific 2010 International Maritime Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 27 January 2010 - 29 January 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.3940/rina.ijsct.2011.b1.109
,2009, 'Adaptive Tutorials using eLearning Platform for Solid Mechanics Course in Engineering', Adelaide, presented at 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Adelaide, 06 December 2009 - 09 December 2009
,2009, 'Blended and innovative teaching strategies for a first year mechanics course', in Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Australia, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, presented at 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Adelaide, 06 December 2009 - 09 December 2009, http://www.aaee.com.au/
,2009, 'Characterisation of temperature dependent behaviour of chopped strand mat GRP during low cyclic fatigue', Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1 - 2, presented at Composites or Nano Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 26 July 2009 - 01 August 2009
,2009, 'Progressive failure analysis of top hat stiffeners for keel structures', in he Eighteenth Annual International Conference on COMPOSITES/NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE - 18), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, presented at Composites or Nano Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 26 July 2009 - 01 August 2009, http://wjoe.hebeu.edu.cn/ICCE-17%20proceedings%20Hawaii%20USA/Raju%20(U.%20New%20South%20Wales,%20Australia)%20%20839.pdf
,2009, 'Fracture mechanics based numerical methods for predicting compression after impact strength of composite laminates', in Ferreira AJM (ed.), 15th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS15), Porto, Portugal, pp. 1 - 6, presented at 15th International Conference on Composite Structures, Porto, Portugal, 15 June 2009 - 17 June 2009
,2009, 'Implicit modeling of damage behavior for composite materials using an energy-based method', in SAMPE 2009 Conference Proceedings Volume 54, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, USA, presented at Changing Times. New Opportunities. Are You Prepared?, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 18 May 2009 - 21 May 2009
,2009, 'Characterisation of woven composites using tow architecture from MicroCT scan.', in 13th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC13) - Thirteenth Australian Aeronautical Conference, Engineers Australia, Australia, presented at Aeronautical Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 March 2009 - 12 March 2009
,2008, 'Assessment of fracture mechanics based methodologies to predict skin-to-stiffener debonding in a postbuckling compression panel', in Degenhardt R (ed.), 2nd International Conference on Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 1 - 6, presented at Buckling and Postbuckling Behaviour of Composite Laminated Shell Structures, Braunschweig, Germany, 03 September 2008 - 05 September 2008, http://www.cocomat.de/Endmeeting/Abstracts/48-CRC-ACS_Mikulik.pdf
,2008, 'Optimisation of composite adaptive response with experimental validation', in Topping BHV; Papadrakakis M (ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth Interntional Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, Greece, pp. 1 - 17, presented at Computational structures Technology, Athens, Greece, 02 September 2008 - 05 September 2008
,2008, 'Determination of Ship Grounding and Accident Scenarios of a Geographical Area using Risk Analysis', in Proceedings of Pacific 2008 International Maritime Comference, Sydney, presented at Pacific 2008 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, 29 January 2008 - 31 January 2008
,2008, 'Experimental and numerical analysis of top hat stiffeners for keel structures', in Prandolini L (ed.), Proceedings of Pacific 2008 International Maritime Comference, Sydney, pp. 1 - 9, presented at Pacific 2008 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, 29 January 2008 - 31 January 2008
,2008, 'Geometric non-linear analysis of stiffened structures: a critical review', in Proceedings of Pacific 2008 International Maritime Comference, Sydney, presented at Pacific 2008 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, 29 January 2008 - 31 January 2008
,2007, 'Creep in bonded composite joints', in Kazuro K; Takashi I (ed.), A Giant Step Towards Environmental Awareness: From Green Composite to Aerospace, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 16th International conference on composite materials, Kyoto, Japan, 08 July 2007 - 13 July 2007
,2007, 'Computer-aided maintenance of ship machinery system.', in Ship Design, Production and Operation, Harbin, China, presented at Ship Design, Production and Operation, Harbin, China, 17 January 2007 - 18 January 2007
,2006, 'Geometrically non-linear analysis of composite stiffened & sandwich structures using the finite element method', in 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchruch, New Zealand, presented at 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchruch, New Zealand, 29 November 2006 - 01 December 2006
,2006, 'Structural condition monitoring for oil tankers: a review', in High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, presented at High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, 08 November 2006 - 10 November 2006
,2006, 'Deviation analysis and failure diagnosis of diesel engine', in Intelligent Information Processing, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at Intelligent Information Processing, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 20 September 2006 - 23 September 2006
,2006, 'Low cycle fatigue performance of post-fire CSM composite panels INVITED PAPER', in ACUN-5 Developments in Composites: Advanced, Infrastructural, Natural, and Nano-composites, University of New South Wales, presented at ACUN-5 Developments in Composites: Advanced, Infrastructural, Natural, and Nano-composites, University of New South Wales, 11 July 2006 - 14 July 2006
,2006, 'Structural performance of glass-reinforced polymer panels under elevated temperatures', in International FIB Congress, Naples, Italy, presented at 2nd International FIB Congress, Naples, Italy, 05 June 2006 - 08 June 2006
,2006, 'Buckling behaviour of eccentrically stiffened composite panels', in Innovations in Maritime Technology - Visions and Progress, Sydney, pp. 1 - 10, presented at Innovations in Maritime Technology - Visions and Progress, Sydney, 31 January 2006 - 02 February 2006
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