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EXTREME - Dynamic Loading - Pushing the Boundaries of Aerospace Composite Material Structures

Funder: European Commission
Duration: September 2015 - September 2019

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Professor Rade Vignjevic Professor Rade Vignjevic
Professor - Structural Integrity
(Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 268455
E: v.rade@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268455 v.rade@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Dr Nenad Djordjevic Dr Nenad Djordjevic
Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity
T: +44 (0)1895 266427
E: nenad.djordjevic@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266427 nenad.djordjevic@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107
Dr Kevin Hughes Dr Kevin Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity
T: +44 (0)1895 266436
E: kevin.hughes@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266436 kevin.hughes@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 107

Outputs

Giannaros, E., Kotzakolios, A., Kostopoulos, V., Sotiriadis, G., Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., et al. (2021) 'Low- and high-fidelity modeling of sandwich-structured composite response to bird strike, as tools for a digital-twin-assisted damage diagnosis'. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 160 (February 2022). pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 0734-743X Open Access Link

Journal article

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T. and Gemkow, S. (2020) 'An Equivalent Damage Force Approach to Modelling of Strain Softening Materials'.18 European Conference on Composite Materials -ECCM 18-. Athens, Greece. 1 - 28 June. ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Hughes, K., Campbell, J., De Vuyst, T., Vignjevic, R. and Djordjevic, N. (2019) 'Predicting the ballistic response of aluminium sandwich panels'.Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications (MAFELAP). Brunel University London.Open Access Link

Conference paper

De Vuyst, T., Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., Campbell, J. and Hughes, K. (2019) 'Coupling of finite element method and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for modelling high-velocity impact damage in composite materials'.Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications (MAFELAP). Brunel University London. [unpublished]

Conference paper

Campbell, J., De Vuyst, T., Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N. and Hughes, K. (2019) 'Modelling friction in a particle to particle SPH contact algorithm'.Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications (MAFELAP). Brunel University London.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., Wasilczuk, A., De Vuyst, T. and Meo, M. (2019) 'On high velocity impact on carbon fibre reinforced polymers'.SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation. Denver, Colorado, United States. 29 - 7 March. SPIE. pp. 45 - 45. ISSN: 0277-786X Open Access Link

Conference paper

Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., De Vuyst, T. and Meo, M. (2019) 'Alternative Approach to Modelling Damage in Meshless SPH'.12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology. Sorrento, Italy.

Conference paper

De Vuyst, T., Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., Campbell, J. and Hughes, K. (2019) 'Coupling of Finite Element Method and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Improved Simulations of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers subjected to High Velocity Impact'.12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology. Sorrento, Italy.

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T., Appleby-Thomas, G., Wasilczuk, A. and Meo, M. (2019) 'On Modelling Behaviour of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers under High Velocity Impact'.12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology. Sorrento, Italy.

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T., Wasilczuk, A., Meo, M., Appleby-Thomas, G. and et al. (2019) 'Plate Impact Tests Characterisation of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers for High Velocity Impact'.12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology. Sorrento, Italy.

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T., Appleby-Thomas, G., Wasilczuk, A. and Meo, M. (2019) 'Response of carbon fibre reinforced polymers to high velocity impact'.12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology. Sorrento, Italy.

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T., Appleby-Thomas, G., Wasilczuk, A. and Filipovic, N. (2018) 'Charaterisation of a Carbon Fibre Composite Material Under Shock Loading'.Second International Workshop on Dynamic Response of Composite Materials. Ischia, Italy.

Conference paper

Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., De Vuyst, T. and Gemkow, S. (2018) 'Instabilities due to Strain-Softening Solved using the SPH Method'.18th European Conference on Composite Materials ECCM 18. Athens, Greece. 24 - 28 June. ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T. and Gemkov, S. (2018) 'Modelling of Strain Softening Materials Based on Equivalent Damage Force'. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 335 (June 2018). pp. 52 - 68. ISSN: 0045-7825 Open Access Link

Journal article

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T. and Gemkow, S. (2018) 'Solution for strain softening problem in FEM and SPH'.13th World Congress of Computational Mechanics. New York, USA.

Conference paper

Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., De Vuyst, T., Gemkow, S., Campbell, J. and Hughes, K. (2017) 'Localization and damage induced softening using finite element and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic methods'. Journal of the Serbian Society for Computational Mechanics, 11 (2). pp. 120 - 129. ISSN: 1820-6530 Open Access Link

Journal article

Vuyst, TD., Vignjevic, R., Campbell, JC., Klavzar, A. and Seidl, M. (2017) 'A Study of the effect of aspect ratio on fragmentation of explosively driven cylinders'.14th Hypervelocity Impact Symposium (HVIS). Univ Kent, Canterbury Campus, Canterbury, ENGLAND. 18 - 28 April. Elsevier BV. pp. 194 - 201. ISSN: 1877-7058 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N. and Wasilczuk, A. (2017) 'Damage Characterisation at Meso and Continuum Scales for Unidirectional Composites'.First international Workshop on Dynamic Response of Composite Materials. Taormina, Italy.

Conference paper

Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., De Vuyst, T., Gemkow, S., Campbell, J. and Hughes, K. (2017) 'Localization and Damage Induced Softening in Finite Element and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic Methods'.SEECM (ECCOMAS Series). Kragujevac, Serbia.

Conference paper

De Vuyst, T., Vignjevic, R., Azorin Albero, A., Hughes, K., Campbell, JC. and Djordjevic, N. (2017) 'The effect of the orientation of cubical projectiles on the ballistic limit and failure mode of AA2024-T351 sheets'. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 104 (June 2017). pp. 21 - 37. ISSN: 0734-743X Open Access Link

Journal article

Vignjevic, R., Djordjevic, N., De Vuyst, T., Campbell, JC. and Hughes, K. (2016) 'SPH as a Nonlocal Regularisation Method for Instabilities due to Strain-Softening'.MAFELAP 2016. Open Access Link

Conference paper

Djordjevic, N., Vignjevic, R., De Vuyst, T., Gemkow, S. and Dulikrawich, G. (2016) 'Strain Softening Instabilities and Nonlocal Regularisation Methods in FEM and SPH'.European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2016. Crete, Greece.

Conference paper

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