Designing an airframe is a complex process as it requires knowledge from multiple
disciplines such as aerodynamics, structural mechanics, manufacturing, flight dynamics …

A new family of composite laminates could revolutionize composite structures to be lighter,
stronger, easier to understand and design, and faster and lower cost to manufacture. For the …

The increasing use of composite materials in the aviation industry for the manufacture of
higher performance components required the introduction of efficient optimisation methods …

A hierarchical thermoplastic composite honeycomb sandwich cylindrical structure consisting
of continuous glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic (GFRTP) composite skins and hierarchical …

Double–double (DD) laminates are a new type of composite layups, which can achieve
different structural properties by adjusting two sets of balanced fiber orientations. The …

A novel family of composite laminates with a simplified stacking sequence and double-
double layup [±ϕ/±ψ] n has significant potential to reduce weight and increase strength …

In this study, a topology optimization technique with stress control is proposed for the
composite laminates. The bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method …

Double-double (DD) configuration has been proposed as a new concept in which a double
set of double helix [±ϕ/±ψ] n angles are stacked up to form a composite laminate. This …

Polymer matrix composites that also contain carbon fiber reinforcement can be given a
secondary function in addition to load bearing due to the electrical conductivity of the …

The double–double (DD) laminate families that contain two continuous angles, which were
proposed by Tsai (“Double–Double: New Family of Composite Laminates,” AIAA Journal …