Dr Rainer Groh
PhD
Expertise
The goal of my research is to develop the next generation of lightweight engineering structures using high-performance materials, automated manufacturing processes and structural nonlinearity for novel functionality.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
Nonlinear Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Instability and Bifurcation Analysis, Composite Materials
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Bio-inspired manufacturing of non-euclidean morphologies
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
31/01/2022 to 30/01/2023
Bio-inspired manufacturing of non-euclidean morphologies
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
31/01/2022 to 30/01/2023
Bio-inspired manufacturing of non-euclidean morphologies
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
31/01/2022 to 30/01/2023
Fiber Steering for Lightweight and Cost Efficient Space Structures
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/09/2020 to 30/09/2021
Thesis supervisions
Bioinspired Nonlinear Structures
Supervisors
Development of well-behaved nonlinear structures
Supervisors
Adaptive Compliant Structures for Fluid Flow Control
Supervisors
Imperfection-insensitive rapid tow sheared rocket launch structures
Supervisors
Analysis and tailoring of stiffened panels with asymmetries via extended modal nudging
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
28/03/2024New insight into the buckling of growing bilayers
Buckling-induced sound production in the aeroelastic tymbals of Yponomeuta
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Towards Tolerance Specifications for the Elastic Buckling Design of Axially Loaded Cylinders
Journal of Applied Mechanics
Local Analysis-Test Correlation of Tow-Steered Composite Shells with Small Cutouts
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
Mechanical Cloaking of Cutouts in Laminated Plates
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
Related people
Professor Paul Weaver
Professor in Lightweight Structures
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Alberto Pirrera
Professor of Nonlinear Structural Mechanics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Mark Schenk
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Jiajia Shen
Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Mr Reece Lincoln
Honorary Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering