{"id":3144,"date":"2022-02-23T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-business-innovation\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:49:12","slug":"uwe-bristol-academic-wins-grant-to-conduct-research-on-predicting-forming-and-failure-of-carbon-fiber-reinforced-thermoplastics-sheet-molding-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/uwe-bristol-academic-wins-grant-to-conduct-research-on-predicting-forming-and-failure-of-carbon-fiber-reinforced-thermoplastics-sheet-molding-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"UWE Bristol academic wins grant to conduct research on “Predicting Forming and Failure of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Sheet Molding Compound\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UWE Bristol academic Dr Xiaodong Xu<\/a> has had a successful grant application from the Royal Society to conduct research on \u201cPredicting Forming and Failure of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Sheet Molding Compound\u201d. His successful grant is part of 5 successful bids between the UK and Japan in the Royal Society International Exchanges 2021 Cost Share (JSPS) scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will run from March 2022 till March 2024. This project will foster a new collaboration with the prestigious University of Tokyo<\/a>. Within the 2 years, Dr Xiaodong Xu will visit Professor Jun Takahashi, The University of Tokyo at his lab to conduct experiments and discuss modelling progress. Professor Jun Takahashi<\/a>\u2019s team will visit the UK during the 20th<\/sup> European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20) and the 23rd<\/sup> International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been exponential growth in composite materials used in the automotive and aerospace sectors. The need for recycling of composites has also become urgent in order to achieve a sustainable society. Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics Sheet Molding Compounds (CFRTP-SMC) have both excellent properties and can be recycled. Hence, they have great potential in the automotive industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the project, Dr Xiaodong Xu aims to extend the fundamental understanding of CFRTP-SMC materials in collaboration with the world leading Takahashi lab. The proposed joint project for the light-weight sustainable CFRTP-SMC materials will contribute significantly to the composites research communities in Japan and the UK, and the outputs can be applied in the automotive sectors in both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look forward to sharing more on this project as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UWE Bristol academic Dr Xiaodong Xu has had a successful grant application from the Royal Society to conduct research on \u201cPredicting Forming and Failure of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Sheet Molding Compound\u201d. His successful grant is part of 5 successful bids between the UK and Japan in the Royal Society International Exchanges 2021 Cost Share … Continue reading “UWE Bristol academic wins grant to conduct research on “Predicting Forming and Failure of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics Sheet Molding Compound\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":3146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1017,1016,226,76],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uwe-bristol-research","tag-carbon-fiber-reinforced-thermoplastics-sheet-molding-compound","tag-dr-xiaodong-xu","tag-uwe-bristol-research","tag-uwe-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3147,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions\/3147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}