The Advanced Lightweight and Composite Structures MSc group and individual projects are often run in collaboration with industrial partners.
Group projects are designed to integrate knowledge, understanding and skills from the taught modules into a real-life situation. Students learn how being part of a project team can contribute and affect the whole outcome as well as emulating a work scenario. Group projects account for 20% of the course structure.
Individual research project topics can vary allowing students to develop their own areas of interest. Projects are devised to give a research challenge and provide students with the opportunity to think and work in an original way. Individual projects account for 40% of the course structure.
Listed below are overviews of previous projects.
Group Project - 2017/18, sponsored by LCF Conversions Ltd
Design of a 9g safety barrier for a Boeing 777-200 cargo airplane converted by LCF conversions.
Group Project - 2018/19, sponsored by Rolls-Royce Plc
Design of a test rig for repeated debris impact on composite panels.
Group Project - 2019/20, sponsored by Airbus
100% reliable aircraft towing.
Group Project - 2020/21, sponsored by Airbus
Co-Simulation modelling of fibre waviness defect effects on performance of a wing box.
Group Project - 2020/21, sponsored by Royal Academy of Engineering & Thailand Metal and Material Research Centre
Development of aluminium crash box for crashworthiness performance.
Individual Project - 2018/19, supported by Rolls-Royce
Ice substitute impact on composite structures.
Individual Project - 2018/19, supported by Airbus
Enhanced mechanical performance of additive manufactured hybrid metal components.
Individual Project - 2018/19, supported by Airbus
Kinetic energy recovery of the aircraft during landing using electromagnetic arresting cables.
Individual Project - 2018/19, supported by Airbus
Long alumina fibre reinforced aluminium composites for landing gear applications.
Individual Project - 2019/20, supported by BAE Systems
Microarchitecture design and analysis of large strain zero Poisson ratio metamaterials.
Individual Project - 2019/20, supported by Aero Optimal Ltd
Analytical modelling and simulation on the impact behaviour of curved sandwich panels.
Individual Project - 2019/20, supported by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
Topology optimised structures to composites through an innovative 3D fibre placement.
Individual Project - 2020/21, supported by McLaren
Lightweight design of P16 composite hinge.
Individual Project - 2020/21, supported by Airbus
Effect of manufacturing defects on fatigue performance of friction stir welded fuselage structures.
