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Books
2022, Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003322719
,2021, The Story of the Gun: History, Science, and Impact on Society, Springer Praxis, New York, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73652-1
,2015, Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b18683
,2006, Ceramic Armour: Design and Defeat Mechanisms, Argos Press, Canberra, Australia
,Book Chapters
2024, 'Characterisation of 3D-Printed Auxetic Structures Under Low Velocity Blunt Force Impact for the Minimisation of Traumatic Brain Injury in Sport', in , pp. 317 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50304-7_30
,2024, 'Characterization and Modelling of Triply Periodic Minimum Surface (TPMS) Lattice Structures for Energy Absorption in Automotive Applications', in , pp. 295 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50304-7_28
,2022, 'Shock response of polymer composites', in Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures, Second Edition, pp. 309 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823979-7.00012-0
,2020, 'Impact on Ceramic Materials', in Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1297 - 1309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55771-6_201
,2016, 'Shock loading of polymer composites', in Silberschmidt VV (ed.), Dynamic Deformation, Damage and Fracture in Composite Materials and Structures, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Oxford, pp. 337 - 363
,Journal articles
2024, 'Energy absorption and mechanical performance of 3D printed Menger fractal structures', Engineering Structures, 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117774
,2024, 'Influence of the cover plate thickness on the ballistic penetration of re-entrant auxetic structures', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2024.104890
,2024, 'Quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviour of additively manufactured Menger fractal cube structures', Defence Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dt.2023.12.010
,2024, 'The state of the art in dynamic mechanical testing of yarns and fabrics: A mini review', Materials Letters, 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135376
,2023, 'Effect of scale morphology on the mechanical response of bio-inspired fish-scale-based protective structures', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107720
,2023, 'Nacre-inspired design of engineered cementitious composite (ECC) beams for enhanced impact resistance and energy absorption', Journal of Building Engineering, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107687
,2023, 'Dynamic mechanical response and fracture behaviour of Ti–Ni–C composites fabricated by directed energy deposition', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.145629
,2023, 'Fibre-metal laminate structures: High-velocity impact, penetration, and blast loading – A review', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107674
,2023, 'Ballistic performance of functionally graded B4C/Al composites without abrupt interfaces: experiments and simulations', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 25, pp. 1011 - 1029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.06.021
,2023, 'Improved ballistic performance of a continuous-gradient B4C/Al composite inspired by nacre', Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.145071
,2023, 'Ballistic impact response of flexible and rigid UHMWPE textile composites: Experiments and simulations', Defence Technology, 22, pp. 37 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dt.2022.08.009
,2023, 'On the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomimetic Cornstalk-Inspired Lightweight Structures', Biomimetics, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010092
,2023, 'In-Plane and Oblique Edge-on Impact on Thick Glass-Fibre/Epoxy Composite Laminates', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2022.104373
,2023, 'Performance of meta concrete panels subjected to explosive load: Numerical investigations', Structural Concrete, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.202200749
,2022, 'Establishing the lower thresholds for water sterilisation with shock waves and hot gas bubbles from the detonation of explosives in water', Water Resources and Industry, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wri.2022.100187
,2022, 'Impact resistance and yarn pull-out behaviour of polymer spray-coated UHMWPE fabrics', Materials Today Communications, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104473
,2022, 'Development of a Coated Fabric Armour System of Aramid Fibre and Rubber', Thin-Walled Structures, 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2022.109679
,2022, 'Lessons from nature: 3D printed bio-inspired porous structures for impact energy absorption – A review', Additive Manufacturing, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.103051
,2022, 'High-velocity projectile impact response of rubber-coated aramid Twaron fabrics', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.107515
,2022, 'From biology to biomimicry: Using nature to build better structures – A review', Construction and Building Materials, 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126195
,2022, 'Dynamic failure behavior of steel wire mesh subjected to medium velocity impact: Experiments and simulations', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106991
,2022, 'Dynamic behaviour of Bio-inspired heterocyclic aramid Fibre-reinforced laminates subjected to Low-velocity Drop-weight impact', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106733
,2022, 'Spall strength dependence on peak stress and deformation history in Lean Duplex Stainless Steel 2101', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 831, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142158
,2022, 'Detection and characterisation of defects in directed energy deposited multi-material components using full waveform inversion and reverse time migration', Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 17, pp. 1047 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2022.2086142
,2022, 'Quasi-static response of horse hoof inspired biomimetic structures', Materials Today: Proceedings, 59, pp. 1168 - 1173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.185
,2021, 'Insights into the high-velocity impact behaviour of bio-inspired composite laminates with helicoidal lay-ups', Polymer Testing, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107348
,2021, 'On the impact response of UHMWPE woven fabrics: Experiments and simulations', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106574
,2021, 'Biomimetic armour design strategies for additive manufacturing: A review', Materials and Design, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109730
,2021, 'On the structural parameters of honeycomb-core sandwich panels against low-velocity impact', Composites Part B: Engineering, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108881
,2021, 'Strain-rate dependency and impact dynamics of closed-cell aluminium foams', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.141379
,2021, 'On the improvement of the ballistic performance of a silicon carbide tile through pre-stress: Experiments and simulations', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2021.103836
,2021, 'Effects of impactor mass on the low-velocity impact behaviour of thick GFRP pultruded laminates', Construction and Building Materials, 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122491
,2021, 'Stress propagation and debonding effects in impedance-graded multi-metallic systems under impact loading', International Journal of Protective Structures, 12, pp. 3 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041419620917709
,2021, 'On the mechanical behaviour of steel wire mesh subjected to low-velocity impact', Thin-Walled Structures, 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.107281
,2021, 'Ferrite phase transformation in dual-phase steel under shock loading', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140690
,2021, 'Enhancing the bond strength in the meta-crystal lattice of architected materials by harnessing the non-equilibrium solidification in metal additive manufacturing', Additive Manufacturing, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101682
,2021, 'Numerical investigation of Fibonacci series based bio-inspired laminates under impact loading', Composite Structures, 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112985
,2021, 'Progressive damage modeling and optimization of fibrous composites under ballistic impact loading', Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 28, pp. 1227 - 1244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2019.1655688
,2020, 'Experimental, numerical and analytical study on the shock wave propagation through impedance-graded multi-metallic systems', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105621
,2020, 'Effects of impactor shape on the deformation and energy absorption of closed cell aluminium foams under low velocity impact', Materials and Design, 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108599
,2020, 'Experimental study on the deformation and of parallel bamboo Strand Lumber under drop-weight penetration impact', Construction and Building Materials, 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118135
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