Professor Stephen Hallett
B.Sc.(Cape Town), D.Phil.(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor in Composite Structures
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Biography
Prof. Hallett is Professor in Composite Structures at the University of Bristol where he is co-Director of the Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) and Director of the Rolls-Royce supported Composites University Technology Centre (UTC).
Research interests
Prof. Hallett is Co-Director of the Bristol Composites Institute and Director of the Rolls-Royce supported Composites University Technology Centre (UTC). His principal research interests are:
- Composite failure mechansims
- Computational models for composites mechanical performance
- 3D Reinforced Composites
- Impact damage and high rate effects
- Fatigue of Composites
- Composites manufacturing process simulation
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Composites: Made Faster
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/12/2021 to 30/11/2024
Composites: Made Faster
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/12/2021 to 30/11/2024
Composites: Made Faster
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2024
Core Project - Fibre-Steered Forming Technology
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Hub (CIMCOMP) Core Project - Fibre-steered Forming TechnologyManaging organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/12/2019 to 31/08/2022
8034 - Virtual un-manufacturing of fibre-steered preforms for complex geometry composites - EPSRC via Notts EP/P006701/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2019
Thesis supervisions
Fatigue of composite truss structures
Supervisors
NDT-based Performance Prediction for Wrinkled Composites under Compressive Load
Supervisors
A numerical study of a nacre-inspired ballistic armour system
Supervisors
Fatigue behaviour of carbon fibre composites subjected to load reversals and variable mode ratios
Supervisors
Experimental and Numerical Characterisation of Fatigue Damage in Z-pinned Composite Structures
Supervisors
Effect of high velocity oblique impacts on carbon/epoxy laminates
Supervisors
Suppressing Delamination Through Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (VACNT) Interleaves
Supervisors
Structural Design of Variable Stiffness Composites Laminated on Doubly Curved Surfaces
Supervisors
Effect of voids on the interlaminar failure of carbon/epoxy composites
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
12/06/2023A Bayesian surrogate framework for the optimisation of high-dimensional composites forming process
5th International Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Science and Engineering
A comprehensive modelling framework for defect prediction in automated fibre placement of composites
12th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM12)
An automated workflow for composites part manufacturability prediction and tooling optimisation
12th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM12)
Accurate characterisation and modelling of the nonlinear bending behaviour of non-crimp fabrics for composite process simulations
Automatic ply detection and finite element model generation for composite laminates
Composites and Advanced Materials
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