Activities are currently underway to develop a methodology
to reprocess composite manufacturing waste in-house,
to minimise the costs of waste disposal and provide
useful recyclates to fill cost-effective application
niches, primarily within the organisation producing
the waste. This work is supported by Airbus UK.
Fatigue Life Prediction Modelling of Advanced
Composites
The aim of this research, supported by AgustaWestland
Helicopters and Dowty Propellers, is to provide a
comprehensive design tool for the fatigue life prediction
of fibre reinforced plastic composites. This will
be achieved by considering phenomenological fatigue
life prediction in three main parts, "load idealisation",
" data manipulation" and "damage accumulation".
