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- Qualifications:PhD FHEA
- Position:Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures
- Department:FET - Engineering, Design and Mathematics
- Telephone:+44117 965 6261
- Email:Xiaodong.Xu@uwe.ac.uk
About me
I am a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Structures at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Bristol Composites Institute in the University of Bristol. My research interests lie primarily in the failure of advanced composites and Finite Element Analysis.
I am currently working on the below projects:
1. The Royal Society International Exchange Project (£12k, PI) 2022-2024
2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Bilateral Joint Project (£25k, Co-I) 2022-2024
3. Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Development Award (£15k, PI) 2021-2022
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/xiaodong-xu/home
Area of expertise
Notched failure; Strength scaling; In situ characterization using X-ray Computed Tomography; Adhesive joints; Environmental effects; Defects & features generated during the Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) process; Finite Element Analysis.
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