Phuong Tran

Inspiration from Nature's body armours – A review of biological and bioinspired composites

A Ghazlan, T Ngo, P Tan, YM Xie, P Tran, M Donough

Journal article  |  2021  |  Composites Part B Engineering

Designing and manufacturing multi-functional, lightweight and high-performance body armour materials and assemblies have attracted..

Investigation of the auxetic oval structure for energy absorption through quasi-static and dynamic experiments

Steven Linforth, Tuan Ngo, Phuong Tran, Dong Ruan, Rami Odish

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Impact Engineering

Auxetics are structures and materials with a negative Poisson's ratio, meaning they contract in the direction perpendicular to the..

Nonlinear vibration and geometric optimization of nanocomposite multilayer organic solar cell under wind loading

VM Anh, TQ Quan, P Tran

Journal article  |  2021  |  Thin-Walled Structures

Dynamic compressive properties of lightweight rubberized geopolymer concrete

TM Pham, J Liu, P Tran, VL Pang, F Shi, W Chen, H Hao, TM Tran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Construction and Building Materials

With the aim of incorporating sustainability into the ordinary concrete production, the construction industry has been utilizing s..

Non-destructive simulation of node defects in additively manufactured lattice structures

B Lozanovski, D Downing, R Tino, A du Plessis, P Tran, J Jakeman, D Shidid, C Emmelmann, M Qian, P Choong, M Brandt, M Leary

Journal article  |  2020  |  Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, offers the ability to not only fabricate geometrically complex l..

Uniaxial and biaxial bioinspired interlocking composite panels subjected to dynamic loadings

V Nguyen-Van, S Wickramasinghe, A Ghazlan, H Nguyen-Xuan, P Tran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Thin-Walled Structures

Learning from natural materials, such as nacre, bone and spider silk, is an effective way to develop future high-performance compo..

Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of Miura-ori metamaterials

X Xiang, W Qiang, B Hou, P Tran, G Lu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Thin-Walled Structures

In this study, the compression behaviours of Miura-ori nylon metamaterials were experimentally and numerically investigated under ..

A first-principle study of nonlinear large amplitude vibration and global optimization of 3D penta-graphene plates based on the Bees Algorithm

ND Dat, TQ Quan, P Tran, PT Lam, ND Duc

Journal article  |  2020  |  Acta Mechanica

Penta-graphene, a new monolayer of carbon atoms, has been synthesized with ideal strength and temperature resistance. However, the..

Enhancing Toughness of Medium-Density Fiberboard by Mimicking Nacreous Structures through Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

A Ghazlan, T Ngo, P Tran, VT Le, T Nguyen, AS Whittaker, A Remennikov

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Structural Engineering

Medium-density fiberboard (MDF) is widely used in building construction. Due to its inherent brittleness, MDF is typically employe..

A Monte Carlo simulation-based approach to realistic modelling of additively manufactured lattice structures

B Lozanovski, D Downing, P Tran, D Shidid, M Qian, P Choong, M Brandt, M Leary

Journal article  |  2020  |  Additive Manufacturing

Lattice structures fabricated via Additive Manufacturing (AM) offer improved performance over traditional manufacturing methods, h..