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- Qualifications:PhD in Composite Structures | Master's Degree in Automotive Engineering - Body & structure | Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering - Solid Mechanics | Chartered Engineer (CEng), Member of Engineers Ireland (MIEI)
- Position:Lecturer in Structural Optimisation
- Department:School of Engineering
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Shahrzad is a Lecturer in Structural Optimisation at the School of Engineering, UWE, Bristol. Her research focuses on the design and numerical modelling of lightweight composite structures.
She has extensive experience in innovative design of non-circular shell structures subjected to thermo-mechanical loading.
Shahrzad's PhD thesis, "Structurally Efficient Composite Super Ellipsoidal Shells", proposes a novel design methodology based on stiffness tailoring that exploits the variable angle tow technique to suppress bending stresses in non-circular shell structures. Suppression of bending stresses can result in a more efficient use of material in the structure, while improving the load-carrying capacity and yielding a significant weight reduction that can be beneficial for applications related to transportation systems, specifically for hydrogen storage.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shahrzad-Daghighi
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7Xj7rLMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-9652
Area of expertise
Light Weight Structures
Composite Structures
Design and Numerical Modelling
Stiffness Tailoring
Tow Steering
Variable Stiffness
Conformable Pressure Vessels
Hydrogen Storage
Lamination Parameters
Shell Structures
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