P W R Beaumont DSc

• BSc(Hons), University of Surrey, 1967
• DPhil, University of Sussex, 1970
• DSc, University of Sussex, 2000
• Biography

• Mechanical Behaviour of Polymers, Ceramics and Composites
• Micromechanisms of Deformation and Fracture
• Damage and Fracture Mechanics of Structural Composites
• Fatigue, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Lifetime Prediction
• Failure Analysis of Engineering Materials
• Microstructural Management and Predictive Design
• Damage Tolerance, Reliability, Durability,
• Composite Patch Repair of Damaged and Ageing Aircraft
• Synthesis, Fabrication, Characterization and Performance
• In-situ Dynamic Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Materials in Support of the Ailing Human Frame

• Materials

1. "Damage mechanics of composite materials at elevated temperatures - Part 1-4." With K. D. Cowley. CUED/C-MATS/TR 233 and 234 and Composite Science & Technology, (1997).
2. "Micromechanics of crack growth in fibre composites: observing and modelling the failure process." With R. A. Dimant and H. R. Shercliff. International Conference on Composite Materials, Brisbane, Australia, ICCM-XI (1997).
3. "A new micromechanical theory for the stress corrosion cracking of glass fibre-epoxy composites." With H. Sekine. CUED/MATS/TR 236 and Composite Science & Technology, (1998).
4. "Towards a predictive design methodology of composite materials." With S. M. Spearing. CUED/MATS/TR 237 and Applied Composite Materials, (1998).

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