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Composite materials: 

Composite materials John Summerscales Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre School of Engineering University of Plymouth

Internet resource for composites: 

Internet resource for composites Teaching support materials for MATS324 Composites design and manufacture: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/mats324 Case studies: offshore structures, naval vessels, yacht hulls, canoes, sailcloth. http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/MATS231/applications.htm

Marine Composites: state-of-the-art: 

Marine Composites: state-of-the-art Swedish Navy Visby stealth corvette 600 tons - 72 m long - FRP sandwich Royal Navy mine counter measures vessels 725 tons - 60 m long - monolithic GRP

Marine Composites: state-of-the-art: 

Marine Composites: state-of-the-art VT Mirabella V sloop rigged yacht 740 tonnes - 75.2 m long - 90 m mast CFRP/GRP/polyolefin foam

Marine leisure: 

Marine leisure Power-boats: racing/“gin palaces” Sailing: ocean racing thro’ boating lake Diving: wet-suits and air-tanks Halmatic GFRPP boat - Research, development and evaluation of environmentally friendly advanced thermoplastic composites for the manufacture of large surface area structures (EU BE-3152 : BRPR-CT96-0228)

Formula 1: 

Formula 1 http://www.mclaren.co.uk/ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_hopkinson/williams.htm

Road cars: 

Road cars McLaren F1 road car http://www.cottingham.co.uk/macf1/road.htm

Road cars: 

Road cars Lotus Elise S2 Reliant Robin 65 (2000)

Caparo Freestream T1: 

Caparo Freestream T1

Dimitris Katsanis: 

Dimitris Katsanis BEng CME graduate (project & Olympics)

Railways: 

Railways Inter-City 125 locomotive cab http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~fgvdhurk/hst.htm

Aircraft specifications: 

Aircraft specifications

Aerospace: Airbus A380: 

Aerospace: Airbus A380 The world’s only twin-deck, four-aisle airliner The airlines’ solution to growing demand for air travel The green giant, more fuel-efficient than your car The dedicated three-deck 150 tonne long-range freighter

Aerospace: defence: 

Aerospace: defence Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)

Biomimeticshttp://www.rarebirdphotography.co.uk: 

Biomimetics http://www.rarebirdphotography.co.uk Common Tern Ivory Gull Squacco Stone Curlew

Aerospace: defence: 

Grumman X-29 FSW aircraft 1984 to 1992 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/x-29.htm Aerospace: defence

Wind energy: 

Wind energy Vestas Blades UK Limited (formerly NEG-Micon ) Isle of Wight wind turbine blades up to 42 m developed with ACMC Plymouth

Key features: offshore wind farm: 

Key features: offshore wind farm Middelgrunden windfarm length of 3.4 km near Copenhagen, Denmark 20 turbines, each 2 MW 60 m hub height, 76 m rotor diameter. water depth of 2-6 metres modified corrosion protection, internal climate control, built-in service cranes. 85 000 MWh pa (3% Copenhagen's needs) construction March 2000 to March 2001 http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/wind/wind.asp

Rehabilitation of civil engineering structures: 

Rehabilitation of civil engineering structures London Underground tunnels

Bridge structures: 

Bridge structures Aberfeldy footbridge over River Tay

BEng Composite Materials Engineering: 

BEng Composite Materials Engineering Year 1 common with Mech Eng/Marine Tech Year 2 common with Mech Eng Year 3 in industry ? Year 4: 40 credits for composites pathway composites design and manufacture (20 credits) selection, characterisation, stress analysis & manufacture composites engineering (20 credits practical) mountain bike suspension/bike front forks yacht winch handle skaters trolley/dinghy launching trolley

Composites graduate destinations: 

Composites graduate destinations Aerospace Air France, Airbus (UK & F), BAe, GKN etc Formula 1 Benetton, McLaren, Team Toyota, Williams Automotive Aston Martin Lagonda, BMW (D), Pininfarina (D), TWR Leafield Marine Carbospars (ES), Princess, Sunseeker

To contact me: 

To contact me Dr John Summerscales Reynolds Building Room 008  01752.23.2650  07753.56.8733 01752.23.2638 jsummerscales@plymouth.ac.uk http://www.plym.ac.uk/staff/jsummerscales