Seminar - Irene Guiamatsia - Numerical modelling of composite laminates: from plate theory to the material point method

Wednesday 18 May 2011, 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Civil Engineering Conference Room

Dr Irene Guiamatsia
School of Civil Engineering
University of Sydney

Abstract:
This talk is an account of personal research experiences in several aspects of the modelling of fibre-reinforced laminated structures.

First, an internally consistent theory of plates is presented, which uses certain predefined fundamental loading states to perform the constitutive homogenization, in a way that the far-field three-dimensional stress and strain distribution through the thickness is exact.

Then the numerical simulation of discrete damage in composite structures is explored through the use of commercial finite elements and meshfree techniques.


Biography
Dr. Irene Guiamatsia graduated in 2007 from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Toronto, Canada, after completing a PhD thesis on a new theory for laminated plates. She then moved to the department of Aeronautics at Imperial College on a three-year, industry-funded project looking at novel techniques for the modelling of damage in realistic aerospace composite components. She joined the department of Civil Engineering of the University of Sydney in August 2010 and she has been working on enhancements to the material point method for modelling brittle fracture.