Dr Xiaodong Xu
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Visiting Research Fellow
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Dr Xiaodong Xu's research interests are Scaling effects, Adhesive joints, Fracture mechanics and Enviromental Effects in advanced composites.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Bristol-Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Bonded Structures Project
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/09/2016 to 31/03/2019
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
25/01/2023Developing Test Methods for Compression after Lightning Strikes
Applied Composite Materials
Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Identifying fibre orientations for fracture process zone characterization in scaled centre-notched quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates with a convolutional neural network
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Rapid Prediction of Fibre-dominant Tensile Failure in Randomly Oriented Strands
Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
Related people
Professor Michael Wisnom
Professor of Aerospace Structures
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Byung Chul Kim
Associate Professor in Composites Design and Manufacture
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Stephen Hallett
Professor in Composite Structures
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Luiz Kawashita
Senior Lecturer
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Tharan Gordon
Senior Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering