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See:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/people/paul-m-weaver/index.html
http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/events/2011/107.html
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/composites/dtc/
http://journalogy.net/Author/12720435/paul-m-weaver
Professor in light-weight structures, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, UK
Professor Weaver’s research interests lie in elastic tailoring for lightweight structures, particularly using anisotropy in structures subject to buckling. Most structures for which buckling is an issue are designed to resist buckling - under such circumstances anisotropy may be used to induce secondary loading that delays the onset of buckling. On the other hand, elastic buckling phenomena may be used to encourage large scale geometry changes. Then, the multistability aspects may be used in shape changing or morphing applications. He has worked with design aspects of composite materials for 20 years having started his career with Courtaulds Aerospace as a sponsored PhD student. He currently works closely with NASA Langley, Airbus UK, GE Aviation and leads the university partnership with Vestas Wind Systems. Since 2009 he is Director of the ACCIS Doctoral Training Centre (ACCIS DTC).
He was awarded the Federation of European Materials Societies Lecturer award in 2004 for his contribution to structural design of materials and was an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow (2002-2007).
Research:
Professor Weaver is a member of the ACCIS research centre in composite materials and structures. In general terms his interests lie in material/structural interaction on performance - where performance is judged primarily on weight and cost. One specific area of interest concerns the scope for trade-offs between the lay-up and structural shape on structural performance of composites. He believes that theoretical analysis should be used to provide the necessary physical insight that can be implemented in simple guidelines/software tools.
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