Professor Giuliano Allegri
MSc, PhD
Current positions
Professor of Structural Integrity of Composites
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Giuliano’s research addresses four main themes: 1) the characterisation and numerical modelling of fracture and fatigue in fibre-reinforced composites, with particular emphasis on suppressing delamination via through-thickness reinforcement; 2) understanding and predicting the effect of the space environment on polymer-based materials; 3) the development of modelling tools based on probabilistic structural mechanics, such as the stochastic finite element method; 4) the aero-servo-elastic design of morphing aircraft structures.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Next generation fibre-reinforced composites: a full scale redesign for compression (NextCOMP)
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
High performance fibre-reinforced polymer composites are the current state-of-the-art for lightweight structures and their use is rising exponentially in a wide range of applications from aerospace to sporting goods. They…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/07/2020 to 30/06/2025
AERO ROLLS-ROYCE UTC 2018
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/08/2016
Probabilistic Assessment of Fatigue Delamination Growth in Fibre Reinforced Composite Laminates
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/05/2010 to 01/08/2011
Thesis supervisions
Extending the application range of Z-pins in composites
Supervisors
The manufacture of hybrid micro-braids to improve composite through-thickness conductivity and achieve multifunctionality
Supervisors
Experimental and Numerical Characterisation of Fatigue Damage in Z-pinned Composite Structures
Supervisors
Investigation of the high-temperature mechanical behaviour of oxide-oxide ceramic-matrix composites
Supervisors
Micro-scale Analysis of Progressive Damage in Ceramic Matrix Composites
Supervisors
Programmable and reconfigurable biobased composite materials and metasurfaces with hygromorph behaviour
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
28/05/2025Environmental Effects of Moisture and Elevated Temperatures on the Mode I and Mode II Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of a Toughened Epoxy Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer
Polymers
Characterisation of Highly-Aligned, Discontinuous, Fibre Composites for Compressive Performance
Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Conference on Composite Materials
Cobotic manufacture of hierarchically architectured composite materials
Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials
Finite element investigation of “cradle tests” for the mechanical characterization of pultruded rods under compression
Proceedings of 21st European Conference on Composite Materials
Fuzzy overbraids for improved structural performance
Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials
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School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Stephen Hallett
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School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Ian Hamerton
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School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Laura Rhian Pickard
Senior Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering