Fracture Testing for Fibre-Reinforced Composites

Edited by:   Giuseppe Catalanotti (Associate Professor School of Science and Technology University of Evora Evora Portugal), Denis Dalli (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Ireland)
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 151mm, 
ISBN:   9780323995108
ISBN 10:   0323995101
Series:   Elsevier Series in Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   01 January 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Giuseppe Catalanotti was an Early Research Scientist within the MOMENTUM project and received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto in 2011. In the same year, he left Alstom Transport and joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Porto as Post-Doctoral Research Associate. In 2016 he joined, as Lecturer, the Advanced Composite Research Group (ACRG) at the Queen’s University Belfast. In April 2021 he joined the University of Evora as an Associate Professor with the task of opening a new course on aerospace engineering. He has been involved in several projects funded by the European Commission and by the aeronautic industry, is the author or co-author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles publishing in high impact journals, and he has been supervisor of dozen of PhD students. Denis Dalli completed his PhD in 2020 having performed an extensive study on the experimental and numerical aspects of composite crashworthiness modeling, in collaboration with McLaren Racing. He is currently researching the development of CNT-web based inserts for use in innovative welding techniques of thermoplastic composites. He was recently awarded a Horizon 2020 Widening Fellowship to move to the University of Porto for a 2-year project focusing on experimental and numerical developments towards carbon neutral composite crashworthiness. His scientific publications have focused on the development of novel experimental characterization techniques for carbon fibre composite materials, as well as composite crashworthiness.