
Dr Benjamin King Sutton Woods
B.S. (Maryland), M.S. (Maryland), Ph.D (Maryland)
Expertise
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures
Department of Aerospace Engineering
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Research interests
Dr. Woods is a Senior Lecturer in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Bristol University. He is an EPSRC Early Career Fellow and Coordinator of the SABRE H2020 Research Programme. His research focuses on the development of novel structural solutions to challenging problems in aerospace engineering. This includes a broad range of work on morphing and adaptive aerostructures, development of low cost, ultra-efficient wound composite truss structures, novel energy storage and actuation methods, and reusable composite tooling solutions. The research undertaken by Dr. Woods is concept driven and spans a range of disciplines including structures, aerodynamics, mechanics, kinematics, materials, optimization and design. He uses a variety of analytical, numerical, and experimental tools and techniques to guide technologies from initial conception through increasing levels of technology readiness with a constant view towards commercialization and real world use.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
AdAPTS - Adaptive Aerostructures for Power and Transportation Sustainability
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/10/2020 to 30/09/2025
SABRE
Principal Investigator
Description
Shape Adaptive Blades for Rotorcraft Efficiency (SABRE) will develop ground-breaking new helicopter blade morphing technologies which will reduce helicopter fuel burn, CO2 and NOx emissions by 5-10%, while also reducing…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/06/2017 to 30/11/2020
Thesis supervisions
Resonance avoidance in variable speed rotorcraft using an applied compressive load
Supervisors
Development of improved fibre reinforced feedstocks for high performance 3D printing
Supervisors
Structural and aerodynamic performance of a three-dimensional compliance-based composite camber morphing wing
Supervisors
WrapToR composite truss structures
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
07/01/2022Aeroelastic characteristics of a rotating blade axially loaded by an internally guided tendon
Design, Manufacture and Wind Tunnel Test of a Modular FishBAC Wing with Novel 3D Printed Skins
Applied Sciences
Flexural Models for Vacuum-Packed Particles as a Variable-Stiffness Mechanism in Smart Structures
Physical Review Applied
Whirl Tower Demonstration of an SMA Blade Twist System
Actuators
A review of composite lattice structures
Composite Structures